Metamorphic Rocks Two Words Not Happy Birthday Foliated

Metamorphic Rocks • Two Words Not Happy Birthday!!

Foliated Metamorphic Rocks • Mineral Alignment • Banding

Slate comes from:

Shale Metamorphoses to Slate Red Fossil Shale Red Slate

Slate Roofing Tiles

Phyllite

Phyllite is shiny b/c:

Schist from Manhattan Schist has shiny, platy, flaky _____ crystals

Central Park Schist showing Glacial scratches

Schist Showing Banding or Foliation

This Gneiss started out as…

Granite Metamorphoses to Gneiss Granite Gneiss

Gneiss Rock!!

Gneiss foliations distorted

Folded Gneiss at Museum of Natural History, Manhattan

Non-Foliated

Anthracite Coal comes from…

Coal Metamorphoses to Anthracite Coal Anthracite

Map Of Pennsylvania Coal Fields

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Hornfels: from _____ metamorphism

Quartzite comes from…

Sandstone Metamorphoses to Quartzite Sandstone Quartzite

Quartzite with Cross-Bedding

Marble comes from…

Limestone Metamorphoses to Marble Limestone Marble

Folded Marble, Maam Valley, Ireland

Metaconglomerate comes from…

Conglomerate Metamorphoses to Metaconglomerate Conglomerate Metaconglomerate

Stretching of Pebbles in Metaconglomerate

Contact Metamorphism Limestone (Sedimentary. ) Marble (Metamorphic. ) Diabase (Igneous Intrusion. ) Marble (Metamorphic. ) Limestone (Sedimentary. )

Contact Metamorphism Quartzite Sandstone Intrusion of Gabbro Quartzite Small Intrusion Sandstone

Regional Metamorphism

Folding of Rock during Mountain Building