Oil shale and Shoshonite Definition

Definition of Oil shale and Shoshonite

The general Oil shale and Shoshonite definition can be stated as: Oil Shale is a fine-grained sedimentary rock from which oil is extracted. On the other hand, Shoshonite is a basaltic rock, properly a potassic trachyandesite, composed of olivine, augite and plagioclase phenocrysts in a groundmass with calcic plagioclase and sanidine and some dark-colored volcanic glass. Along with definition of Oil shale and Shoshonite, get to know about Properties of Oil shale and Shoshonite. Get to know more information about Oil shale and Shoshonite origin and discoverer, etymology and class.

History of Oil shale and Shoshonite

The history of Oil shale and Shoshonite gives information about where the rock was found and who was its discoverer. Almost each and every aspect of Earth's history is recorded in rocks be it the volcanoes which were erupted or the plants, animals and organisms which are now extinct, as rocks are present from millions of years.

Oil shale and Shoshonite Origin and Discoverer

Oil shale and Shoshonite definition gives us a brief idea about the two rocks. In some cases, the definition also gives summary about the Formation of Oil shale and Shoshonite. In this section, you will know about Oil shale and Shoshonite Origin and Discoverer. Origin of Oil shale is Unknown whereas Origin of Shoshonite is Wyoming,USA. It is interesting to know the name of Oil shale and Shoshonite discoverer. The Discoverer of Oil shale is Unknown and the discoverer of Shoshonite is Iddings.

Etymology of Oil shale and Shoshonite

Along with Oil shale and Shoshonite definition, know more about the etymology of Oil shale and Shoshonite. Etymology of Oil shale and Shoshonite gives information about origin and formation of a particular rock. Know more about Formation of Oil shale and Formation of Shoshonite. The etymology of Oil shale is From Old English scealu in its base sense of thing that divides or separate while that of Shoshonite is From Old English scealu in its base sense of thing that divides or separate. The process of formation of rocks defines the class of rock. All the rocks in a class are formed by similar processes. Oil shale belongs to Sedimentary Rocks while Shoshonite belongs to Igneous Rocks. The sub-class, group and other categories of Oil shale and Shoshonite are listed below.

For Oil shale,

• Sub-class: Durable Rock and Soft Rock
• Group: Not applicable
• Other Categories: Fine grained rock and Opaque rock

For Shoshonite,

• Sub-class: Durable Rock and Medium Hardness Rock
• Group: Volcanic
• Other Categories: Coarse grained rock, Fine grained rock, Medium grained rock and Opaque rock