Five hundred million years ago, basaltic lava flowed in an area now known as monticello, the historic home of thomas jefferson. some of this rock has since re-crystallized under intense heat and pressure and then has been eroded by wind and rain. the order of the rock cycle in this case is best described as a) metamorphic, igneous, sedimentary. eliminate b) igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic. c) igneous, metamorphic, sedimentary. d) metamorphic, sedimentary, igneous.