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Metamorphic Rocks Flashcards

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1
Q

Change in shape in which any rock type can be cooked by changes in pressure and temperature

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Metamorphism

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Minerals that form at the surface…

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Change the most

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This messages how “cooked” the rock got

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Metamorphic Grade

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Low grade =

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Low P&T

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Medium grade =

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Moderate P&T

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High-grade =

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Very high P&T

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Sedimentary Parent rocks:

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Shale
Sandstone
Limestone
Peat

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Sedimentary Parent rock: SHALE

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Unstable (wet) clay)

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Sedimentary Parent rock: SANDSTONE

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Stable quartz

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Sedimentary Parent rock: LIMESTONE

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Stable calcite

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Sedimentary Parent rock: PEAT

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Unstable organics

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12
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The Shale Family: Minerals

Low grade:

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Mica: Chlorite

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The Shale Family: Minerals

Medium to high-grade

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Feldspar: kyanite, and garnet

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The Shale Family: low grade

A very low grade, clay, and mica

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Slate

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The Shale Family: Low grade

Low-grade small mica crystals

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Phyllite

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The Shale Family: High-grade

Medium grade large mica crystals, garnet, and feldspar

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Schist

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The Shale Family: High Grade

High-grade, feldspar, and garnet

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Gneiss

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The Shale Family: High Grade

Partly melted

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Migmatite

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The Sandstone Family:

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Sandstone (rounded)
Quartzite (interlocking)
(Both pure quartz so looks the same just different texture)

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The Limestone Family:

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Limestone
Marble
(Both pure calcite but different texture)
Shells disappear

21
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The Peat Family: Low Grade

Wet organic matter parent

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Peat

22
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The Peat Family: Low Grade

Low grade, soft brown coal

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Lignite

23
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The Peat Family: Low grade

Low grade petroleum

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Oil & Gas

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The Peal Family: High Grade

Medium-grade, oily-looking

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Bituminous Coal

25
Q

The Peat Family: High Grade

High grade very shiny

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Anthracite

26
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The Peat Family: High Grade

Pure carbon

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Graphite

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