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Rock Unit Igneous Intrusive extrusive batholith magma lava Crystal size/cooling rate formation Metamorphic Foliated nonfoliated contact & regional metamorphism heat pressure mineral composition Sedimentary Weathering erosion deposition compaction cementation clastic organic chemical sediment

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Rock Unit

Igneous Intrusive extrusive batholith magma

lava Crystal size/cooling rate formation

MetamorphicFoliated nonfoliated contact & regional

metamorphism heat pressure mineral composition

SedimentaryWeathering erosion deposition

compaction cementation clasticorganic chemical sedimentconglomerate stratisfication

lithification