Soils of the World and Rocks and Minerals

Above is a picture of the 12 soil orders of the world and where they are located on the map. Georgia so located in the red, which is Ultisols. It is commonly known as red clay. If you are from Georgia, this is how you recognize it. Here is a link that shows a picture of what it looks like. http://soils.usda.gov/technical/classification/orders/ultisols.html

One of the types of rocks we were supposed to look at was Micaceous Schist. It is a metamorphic rock and there is a picture of one below.