Metamorphic Flashcards
Slate
Foliated, low grade, shale, fine grained, slaty cleavage
Phyllite
Foliated, low-medium, shale-slate, fine grained slight sheen micaceous
Schist
Foliated, medium grade, slate-shape-phyllite, medium coarse, glittery, schistosity
Gneiss
Foliated, gneissic banding, high grade, any of the other rocks below
Order of Foliated
Slate, phyllite, schist, gneiss
Quartzite
No Foliated, variable grade, interlocking large grains, harder than glass, quartz sandatone
Marble
Nonfoliated, variable, limestone, large calcite grains, react with HCl
Amphibolite
Nonfoliated, medium high, basalt gabbro, needle hornblende crystals, may be Foliated, dark
Hornfels
Nonfol, variable, variable, everything variable
Anthracite
Nonfol, variable, coal, microcrystalline texture glassy, tar like conchidal fracture