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1 Metamorphic Rocks A GALLERY

2 Foliated Metamorphic Rocks Foliated: Minerals are aligned in layers or rows. “consisting of thin sheets or laminae” Banded: Minerals are fully aligned together and create bands of the same mineral

3 Gneiss

4 Banded metamorphic rock. Parent rock = Granite

5 Phyllite

6 Parent rock : Slate Microscopic mica makes it shiny

7 Slate

8 Parent rock: Shale or Mudstone

9 Schist

10 Parent rock: Slate

11 Garnet Schist Garnets almost exclusively form in highly metamorphic rocks.

12 Non-Foliated Metamorphic Rocks Non-foliated rocks show no layering or banding

13 Quartzite

14 Parent rock: Sandstone

15 Hornfels

16 Parent rock: Mudstone/Shale

17 Non-Foliated that are NOT in your Lab Mrs. Ferguson thinks these are important to know about but they are not in your lab.

18 Marble

19 Parent rock: Limestone or Dolostone

20 Metaconglomerate

21 Meta- conglomerat e Parent rock: conglomerate


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