Pet Rock Story (Indiana Stone and the Black Opal

Indiana Stone

Terence

Jhep Jhep

The Blob

SHALE (sh-ale)
What Type of Rock Is It? Sedimentary
What Does It Look Like? Shale may be black, gray, red, brown, dark green, or blue. It is fine grained, so particles usually can not be seen. When moistened, shale usually smells like wet mud. What Minerals Make Up the Rock? clay minerals; Sometimes with some quartz sand, pyrite, gypsum

How Was It Formed? Clay sediments settle in quiet lakes, lagoons, bays, or off-shore areas. When buried and compacted the clays become shale. Iron oxides often help to cement the particles together.

Beginning

Indiana Stone goes out looking for a rare black opal with his companion Terence.

Middle

While searching for the rock they ran into badboy Jhep Jhep his evil rock and his evil companion the Blob.

End

They defeat Jhep Jhep and the Blob and find the Black Opal.

Rhys

Caleb

Holly

Lachlan