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1 Metamorphic Rocks

2 14.10 Metamorphic Rock Formation
Def: older rock changes form into another type of rock by heat/pressure Met Rock Animation Rock Animations - Review

3 14.11 Met Rock Textures Foliated~ parallel banding/visible layers
Non-foliated ~ mostly one mineral, larger interlocked crystals

4 Metamorphism Types Contact:
magma causes rock to undergo temperature change

5 Metamorphism Types Regional- large areas of Earth mountain building
directed pressure Example: Himalayas

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8 14.12 Parent Rock Older rock that undergoes metamorphic change
Parent rock can be ign. or sed. rx Parent: Granite Met Rock: Gneiss

9 Recrystalization of Quartz 
Sandstone  Quartzite Recrystalization of Quartz 

10 Shale  Slate Cleaves in sheets

11 Bituminous Coal  Anthracite Coal

12 Limestone  Marble

13 Banded Iron Formation (BIF) Jaspilite


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