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IDENTIFY IF THESE ROCKS ARE SEDIMENTARY IGNEOUS OR METAMORPHIC ROCK TYPES: SLATE GRANITE SANDSTONE DIORITE SILTSTONE LIMESTONE GNEISS CONGLOMERATE VESICULAR BASALT MARBLE PUMICE SCHIST

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- Slate — Metamorphic (formed by low-grade metamorphism of shale)
- Granite — Igneous (intrusive/plutonic, coarse‑grained)
- Sandstone — Sedimentary (clastic, cemented sand grains)
- Diorite — Igneous (intrusive/plutonic, intermediate composition)
- Siltstone — Sedimentary (clastic, fine silt-sized particles)
- Limestone — Sedimentary (chemical/biochemical, calcium carbonate)
- Gneiss — Metamorphic (high‑grade, banded foliation)
- Conglomerate — Sedimentary (clastic, rounded gravel-sized clasts)
- Vesicular basalt — Igneous (extrusive mafic with gas vesicles)
- Marble — Metamorphic (recrystallized limestone/dolomite)
- Pumice — Igneous (extrusive, frothy volcanic glass)
- Schist — Metamorphic (medium-to-high grade, foliated)