1. “ My Countertops are Black Granite”

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

3. Feldspar Hornblende Quartz GRANITE (Igneous rock)

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

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

6. Occurrence of Granitic Batholiths in western North America. Most of these have been age dated between 90-120 million years old.

8. Counter tops of granite

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

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

11. Private Home – Metamorphic Gneiss Private Home - Metamorphic

12. “I am really pissed off!”