ESEU Scottish virtual rock kit - click on a rock to see it in different views
(exposure, hand specimen, close-up, thin section, x-polars and rock in use)

Sedimentary rocks
Igneous rocks
Metamorphic rocks

mudstone
mudstone

sandstone
sandstone
Help! What views of these
rocks can I see? What do
exposure, hand specimen, close-up,
thin section, x-polars, exposure and
rock in use mean?

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