New York State Regents Exam Rock List

Overview

The following rocks appear in the 2011 Reference Tables for Physical Setting / Earth Science produced by the New York State Education Department. Links below go to 3D models of representative samples in the Earth@Home Virtual Collection of Rocks. The rocks are presented in the same order as in the NYS Reference Table list.

Igneous Rocks

Extrusive

• Obsidian
• Basaltic glass
• Pumice
• Scoria
• Rhyolite
• Andesite
• Basalt
• Diabase

Intrusive

• Granite
• Diorite
• Gabbro
• Peridotite
• Pegmatite

Sedimentary Rocks

Inorganic Land-Derived Sedimentary Rocks

• Conglomerate
• Breccia
• Sandstone
• Siltstone
• Shale

Chemically and/or Organically Formed Sedimentary Rocks

• Rock salt
• Rock gypsum
• Dolostone
• Limestone
• Bituminous coal

Metamorphic Rocks

Foliated

• Slate
• Phyllite
• Schist
• Gneiss

Nonfoliated

• Anthracite coal
• Hornfels
• Quartzite
• Marble
• Metaconglomerate