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Metamorphic Rocks
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Metamorphic Rocks
Quartzite
- Formation
- Formed from Sandstone
- sandstone came into contact with magma
- pressure tightens the grains together
- Description
- hard rock
- resistant to erosion
- Contains grains of quartz
- Croagh Patrick, Co. Mayo
- Uses
- Building
- Formation
Marble
- Formation
- Formed from Limestone
- Magma forces its way into limestone
- It puts the rock under great heat and pressure
- alter the physical and chemical make-up
- Description
- red, white, green or black
- Contains crystals
- Uses
- fireplaces
- construction
- Connemara, Co. Galway
- Formation
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- Leaving Cert Geography (Junior Cert Physical) Mind Map on Metamorphic Rocks, created by Tom Cahill on 25/10/2017.
- Created by
- Tom Cahill
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