Olympia Center (4 pts) What type of rock is this (igneous, metamorphic, or sedimentary)? Where was this stone mined or quarried from? Is this intrusive or extrusive? How can you tell? Stop #3: 666 North Michigan Avenue: Cubs Team Store (2 pts) What type of rock is this (igneous, metamorphic, or sedimentary)? What is the main mineral making up the rock on this building? Stop #4: 625 North Michigan Avenue: (2 pts) What type of rock is this (igneous, metamorphic, or sedimentary)? What unique shape do the crystal grains have? Stop #5: The Woman’s Athletic Club (3 pts) What type of rock is this (igneous, metamorphic, or sedimentary)? Serpentine forms when mafic or ultramafic rock is exposed to high pressures below 500 degrees Celsius in the presence of water. What are two plate boundaries that could provide an environment to form this type of rock? Stop #6: Chicago Tribune Tower (4 pts) Look for one of the pieces of rock from another building. What building did you find? What type of rock is this (igneous, metamorphic, or sedimentary)? How can you tell? Stop #7: The Wrigley Building (2 pts) The exterior of the Wrigley Building was originally white terra cotta tile. What material replaced these tiles? What is one type of Chicago weathering proved destructive to the old tiles? Stop #8: The Seventeenth Church of Christ Scientist (2 pts) What type of rock is this (igneous, metamorphic, or sedimentary)? What special geologic setting is necessary for Travertine to form? Stop #9: The Carbide and Carbon Building (2 pts) What type of rock is this (igneous, metamorphic, or sedimentary)? What evidence can you find to prove that this is black limestone and not black marble? Stop #10: The Aeon Center (3 pts) What type of rock is this (igneous, metamorphic, or sedimentary)? What is the name of the rock? What rock was originally used to cover the then-named Amoco Building? Stop #11: The Chicago Cultural Center (2 pts) What type of rock is this (igneous, metamorphic, or sedimentary)? What is the age of this limestone?

Olympia Center (4 pts) What type of rock is this (igneous, metamorphic, or sedimentary)? Where was this stone mined or quarried from? Is this intrusive or extrusive? How can you tell? Stop #3: 666 North Michigan Avenue: Cubs Team Store (2 pts) What type of rock is this (igneous, metamorphic, or sedimentary)? What is the main mineral making up the rock on this building? Stop #4: 625 North Michigan Avenue: (2 pts) What type of rock is this (igneous, metamorphic, or sedimentary)? What unique shape do the crystal grains have? Stop #5: The Woman’s Athletic Club (3 pts) What type of rock is this (igneous, metamorphic, or sedimentary)? Serpentine forms when mafic or ultramafic rock is exposed to high pressures below 500 degrees Celsius in the presence of water. What are two plate boundaries that could provide an environment to form this type of rock? Stop #6: Chicago Tribune Tower (4 pts) Look for one of the pieces of rock from another building. What building did you find? What type of rock is this (igneous, metamorphic, or sedimentary)? How can you tell? Stop #7: The Wrigley Building (2 pts) The exterior of the Wrigley Building was originally white terra cotta tile. What material replaced these tiles? What is one type of Chicago weathering proved destructive to the old tiles? Stop #8: The Seventeenth Church of Christ Scientist (2 pts) What type of rock is this (igneous, metamorphic, or sedimentary)? What special geologic setting is necessary for Travertine to form? Stop #9: The Carbide and Carbon Building (2 pts) What type of rock is this (igneous, metamorphic, or sedimentary)? What evidence can you find to prove that this is black limestone and not black marble? Stop #10: The Aeon Center (3 pts) What type of rock is this (igneous, metamorphic, or sedimentary)? What is the name of the rock? What rock was originally used to cover the then-named Amoco Building? Stop #11: The Chicago Cultural Center (2 pts) What type of rock is this (igneous, metamorphic, or sedimentary)? What is the age of this limestone?

Applications and Investigations in Earth Science (9th Edition)

9th Edition

ISBN:9780134746241

Author:Edward J. Tarbuck, Frederick K. Lutgens, Dennis G. Tasa

Publisher:Edward J. Tarbuck, Frederick K. Lutgens, Dennis G. Tasa

Chapter1: The Study Of Minerals

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Olympia Center (4 pts)

What type of rock is this (igneous, metamorphic, or sedimentary)?
Where was this stone mined or quarried from?
Is this intrusive or extrusive? How can you tell?

Stop #3: 666 North Michigan Avenue: Cubs Team Store (2 pts)

What type of rock is this (igneous, metamorphic, or sedimentary)?
What is the main mineral making up the rock on this building?

Stop #4: 625 North Michigan Avenue: (2 pts)

What type of rock is this (igneous, metamorphic, or sedimentary)?
What unique shape do the crystal grains have?

Stop #5: The Woman’s Athletic Club (3 pts)

What type of rock is this (igneous, metamorphic, or sedimentary)?
Serpentine forms when mafic or ultramafic rock is exposed to high pressures below 500 degrees Celsius in the presence of water. What are two plate boundaries that could provide an environment to form this type of rock?

Stop #6: Chicago Tribune Tower (4 pts)

Look for one of the pieces of rock from another building. What building did you find?
What type of rock is this (igneous, metamorphic, or sedimentary)?
How can you tell?

Stop #7: The Wrigley Building (2 pts)

The exterior of the Wrigley Building was originally white terra cotta tile. What material replaced these tiles?
What is one type of Chicago weathering proved destructive to the old tiles?

Stop #8: The Seventeenth Church of Christ Scientist (2 pts)

What type of rock is this (igneous, metamorphic, or sedimentary)?
What special geologic setting is necessary for Travertine to form?

Stop #9: The Carbide and Carbon Building (2 pts)

What type of rock is this (igneous, metamorphic, or sedimentary)?
What evidence can you find to prove that this is black limestone and not black marble?

Stop #10: The Aeon Center (3 pts)