List of rocks by genesis

This article deals with different types of rock according to the way they were formed (genesis). An alphabetical sorting can be found in the list of rocks .

This list of rocks according to genesis shows different rocks primarily according to their type of origin, sometimes even further differentiated. It is still in the early stages. In principle, the nomenclature should follow the IUGS recommendations .

Sedimentary rocks (heel, deposit, stratified rocks, sediments, sedimentary rocks)

Type of formation (genesis) and the degree of solidification ( loose rock (L) / solid rock )

siliciclastic sediments (according to grain size)	chemical sediments	organogenic sediments	Residual sediments
Psephite > 2 mm Breccia (breccia) Diamictite Fanglomerate Attachment (L) Gravel (L) Gravel (L) conglomerate Tillit Psammit 0.02mm - 2mm Greywacke Quartzite Sand (L) Sandstone Pelit <0.02 mm Tape tone Bentonite marl dolomitic marl Plaster marl Limestone marl marbled clay Marl shale Marlstone Sand marl Clay marl Silt Aleurite Loess (L) Siltstone Siltstone Mudstone Alum slate Red deep sea tone (L) Slate Slate (metamorphic)	Evaporite Alabaster (= plaster) Anhydrite Dolomite (rock) plaster Salt (rock salt) Lime sinter Tufa Pelagosite Travertine	limestone Coccolith mud (L) Crinoid lime Dolomite (rock) Iron limestone Pea stone Globigerin Mud (L) Sand-lime brick Lime sinter chalk Lumachelle Micrit Oncolite Oolite Pteropod mud (L) Schillkalk Sea chalk (L) Travertine Pebbles Diatom Mud (L) Flint Kieselguhr (L) Silica slate Silica sinter Lydite Porcelain Radiolarian Mud (L) Radiolarite Flint Caustobiolites Brown coal Hard coal Peat (L) Oil sands Oil shale Black slate	bauxite Floor ore Bone bed Kaolin (L) Laterite Phosphorite Saprolite

Metamorphite (conversion and metamorphic rocks)

Parent rock

Ortho rocks ( magmatite )	Paragestones ( sedimentite )	both possible
Adinol Eclogite Granite gneiss Orthogneiss Serpentinite Syenite gneiss	Fruit slate Shale slate Mica slate Style slate Hornfels marble Knot slate Leucophyllite Paragneiss Phyllite Prasinite Quartzite slate	Amphibolite Blueschist Enderbit Fulgurite Gneiss Granulite Greenschist Kakirit Lechatelierite Metatexite Migmatite Skarn Suevite Talc slate

Further distinctions are made according to the facies principle of metamorphic rocks , structure , color, structure and others.

Igneous rocks (magma, effusion, igneous rocks)

Place of origin

(S) Rock name according to the route iron diagram

(U) Rock name according to the diagram for Ultrabasite ( olivine / orthopyroxene / clinopyroxene )

(G) Rock name according to the diagram for the gabbro group ( plagioclase / olivine / pyroxene or plagioclase / orthopyroxene / clinopyroxene )

Plutonite	Volcanites	Dike rocks and sub-volcanic rocks	Pyroclastites
Alkali feldspar granite (S) Alkali feldspar syenite (S) Alkali granite (S) Alkaline isenite (S) Anorthosite (S) (G) Carbonatite Charnockite Clinopyroxenite (U) Diorite (S) Dunite (U) Essexit (S) Foid-containing alkali feldspar syenite (S) Foid-containing syenite (S) Foid-containing monzodiorite (S) Foid-containing monzonite (S) Foid monzosyenite (S) Foid monzodiorite (S) Foidmonzogabbro (S) Foidolite (S) Foidsyenite (S) Foyaite Gabbro (S) (G) Gabbronorite Granite (S) Granodiorite (S) Harzburgite (U) Kimberlite Leucogabbro (G) Leuconorite (G) Lherzolite (U) Malignite Melagabbro (G) Melanorite (G) Monzodiorite (S) Monzogabbro (S) Monzonite (S) Monzo syenite Norit (G) Olivinclinopyroxenite (U) Olivingabbro (G) Olivinnorite (G) Olivinorthopyroxenite (U) Olivine websterite (U) Orthopyroxenite (U) Peridotite Pyroxenite (G) containing plagioclase Plagioclase-bearing ultramafic rocks (G) Quartz alkali enite (S) Quartz diorite (S) Quartz granitoid (S) Quartz monzonite (S) Quartz monzodiorite (S) Quartzolite (S) Quartz syenite (S) Shonkinite Syenite (S) Syenogranite Theralite (S) Tonalite (S) Troctolite (G) Websterite (U) Wehrlit (U)	Alkali feldspar quartz trachyte (S) Alkali feldspar rhyolite (S) Alkali feldspar trachyte (S) Alkali basalt Alkali trachyte Andesite (S) Basalt (S) Basaltandesite Basanite (rock) (S) Dacit / dacite (S) Diabase Foid-containing alkali feldspar trachyte (S) Foid-containing latite (S) Foid-containing trachyte (S) Foidite Keratophyr Latite (S) Leucitite Limburgite Liparit Almond stone Melaphyr Melilithite Nephelinite Obsidian Orthoporphyr Pechstein Phonolite (Klingstein) (S) Phonolitic Basanite (S) Phonolitic Foidite (S) Phonolitic Tephrite (S) Picrit porphyry Quartz latite (S) Quartz porphyry Quartz trachyte (S) Rhyodacite Rhyolite (S) Rhombus porphyry Spilit Tephrite (S) Thephritic Foidite (S) Thephritic Phonolite (S) Tholeiite (tholeiite basalt) Trachyte (S)	Alnöit Aplit Camptonite Carbonatite Dolerite Granite porphyry Kersantite Kimberlite (controversial) Lamproit Lamprophyre Microdiorite Microgabbro Minette Monchiquit Pegmatite Polzenit Redwitzit Sannit Spessartite Vogesite	pumice Ignimbrite Lapilli Pepper tuff volcanic agglomerates volcanic ash volcanic blocks volcanic bombs

Igneous rocks are also classified according to their structure, their color number and the mineral content. The QAPF or route iron diagram is also used here .

See also

• List of minerals
• List of rocks