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Metamorphic Rocks
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- 1—Marble
Texture: non-foliated fine to coarse grained
Mineral: Calcite
Parent Rock: Limestone - 2SlateTexture: Foliated slaty
Metamorphic Grade: Low grade
Mineral: Quartz, muscovite, chlorite
Parent Rock: Shale - 3GneissTexture: foliated gneissic layering
Metamorphic grade: high grade
Mineral: Feldspar, quartz, amphibole, pyroxene
Parent Rock: granite - 4QuartziteTexture: non-foliated fine to coarse grained
Mineral: quartz
Parent rock: quartz - 5Mica- SchistTexture: foliated schistose
Metamorphic Grade: medium
Mineral: muscovite, quartz, biotite
Parent Rock: shale - 6Chlorite- SchistTexture: foliated schistose
Metamorphic grade: medium
Mineral: chlorite
Parent rock: Basalt
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- Flashcards on Metamorphic Rocks, created by eturne8 on 20/10/2015.
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