“ My Countertops are Black Granite”

MAGMA/LAVA Weathering & Erosion SEDIMENTS SEDIMENTARY ROCKS METAMORPHIC ROCKS Melting Burial Lithification Heat Pressure Cooling & Crystallization IGNEOUS ROCKS Transportation & Deposition ROCK CYCLE

Feldspar Hornblende Quartz GRANITE (Igneous rock)

Granite from Yoesmite Eastern side of the GRANITE BATHOLITH that makes up the Sierra Nevada

Formation of Granite Batholith (usually result from Plate Tectonic Activity, associated with convergent boundaries and the process of subduction.

Occurrence of Granitic Batholiths in western North America. Most of these have been age dated between million years old.

Counter tops of granite

Igneous - Gabbro Igneous -Gabbro (“black granite”) Metamorphic -Migmatite Other Counter tops

Chase Bank – Sedimentary Fossiliferous Limestone Summit AC – Igneous Gabbro Private Home – Sedimentary Breccia

Private Home – Metamorphic Gneiss Private Home - Metamorphic

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