• Rock types - Sandatlas

    Hence, all other rock types are derivatives of igneous rocks. ... and iron ore (titaniferous magnetite). Basalt may also contain olivine, quartz, ...

  • Igneous rock - Wikipedia

    Igneous rock is formed through the cooling and solidification of magma or lava. ... olivine, akermannite, Feldspathoids, magnetite, corundum, and so on, ...

  • Magnetite - Wikipedia

    Properties. In addition to igneous rocks, magnetite also occurs in sedimentary rocks, including banded iron formations and in lake and marine sediments as both ...

  • Rocks Under a Microscope - USF

    Rocks Under a Microscope: A Web Tour and Exercise, ... Both Granite and Diabase are Intrusive igneous rocks, ... probably Magnetite.

  • Magnetite - Earth Sciences

    Magnetic records preserved in igneous rocks, ... Economic magnetite deposits primarily occur in layered igneous rocks that formed from the slow cooling of ...