My Pet RockYour step-by-step guide to creating your Pet Rock’s birth certificate &

baby book

Certificate of BirthName: Sandy Clastic SedimentaryParentsFather: Grains of QuartzMother: OrthoclaseColors: FelsicTexture: rough & clasticMineral Composition: Quartz, orthoclase, feldspareBirth Location: the Appalachian mountains

My Family

Mom & Dad

My brother Feldman

My sis, SilicaMy sis, Roxie

Me, Sandy

• It took some time to create me, it was a process.• I started off as a big rock and one night this big storm came over the mountains and the heavy rains broke my Mama rock down.

• After being weathered I underwent erosion and was carried further down the mountain by more rain and winds.

• I was eventually deposited at the bottom of a mountain. • It was tough on “Process Street” where I ended up living. I got beat up, compacted, you name it. I was stuck, just living in strata.

• Eventually I was cemented together with quartz, orthoclase, and some other stuff.

Three ultrasounds showing me, Before I was born.

I guess you could say I have had a rough life. I mean, I was tossed around, downstream, until recently. Finally I was deposited at the bottom of a mountain river. That is where I found my family, all hanging out while the rushing water tossed us and wore us out.Nowadays I just spend my time at the bottom of this river, with my friends and family. We enjoy seeing fish swim over us, swimming in the cool waters and rockin’ to nature’s music.

I can get a little clastic around my friends, but they still hang out with me.

My pet Rocky

Me at Birth

Preschool days

My first time meetingA human

Zoo Field Trip 2014

The Rock Cycle aka The School of Rock

After I graduate from Sedimentary School, I plan to get really hot & pressed, travelling deep Inside the earth where I will Become a Metamorphic Rock.

My early schooling

A big, life-changingEvent, equivalent to Teen years for rocks.

Ah, Igneous UniversityFreedom…until I’m upliftedAgain

My Future, What shall I become?