Wave Rock
About Wave Rock
coarse-grained
porphyritic granite
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Where is the rock located?
Where is the rock located? -Wave rock is located in Hyden, Western Australia. Wave rock is a major attraction. How it was formed what rock types are found there? -60,000,000 years ago, a rock was formed from the weather erosion. The rain cut the base of the rock off and has been left in a curved shape. The Rock is called Wave Rock. The rock is 15 meters high and 110 meters long. Many types of rocks can be found within Wave Rock, but I am going to talk about Granite. There are many different types of granite. Wave rock is known as the granite cliff How the rocks were formed? Granite- Granite is used for building materials such as walls, kitchen benches and many other building materials. Porphyritic granite- porphyritic is known as a granite rock and is found in wave rock. Porphyritic Granite colour is normally red or white and it has black little spots on the rock. The little black spots are known as biotite mica. Biotite is the little spots or grains on a granite rock. There are many other types of granite. All the types of Granite get its colour from the water that runs down the wave rock during wet seasons. Granite is known as a Igneous rock and is well used by everyone. What has happened between the time of formation and the present day? -60 million years ago Wave rock was discovered, but what happen to the rock before that? Wave rock would have been a normal rock and it would had a normal shape, but the erosion has changed the rock. The Erosion has developed the rock into The wave rock, the rain has taken away half of the rock. What will happen in the future? Wave rock might eventually collapse, and break away. If the erosion took away half of the rock what will happen in another 60 million years? |