Metamorphic Rocks Flashcards
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- Rock name- Slate
- Parent- Mudstone or shale
- Uses- Roofing
- Textures - Foliated
2
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- Rock name- Gneiss
- Parent- Schist
- Uses- construction stone
- Textures- Foliated
3
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- Rock name- garnet schist
- parent-phyllite
- Uses- Construction stone
- Texture- foliated
- Porphyroblasts
4
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- Rock name- Limestone
- Parent-Marble
- Uses- Art carvings
- Textures- Non foliated
- MIneral compostion- Calcite -fizz
5
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- Rock name- Quartzite
- parent- sandstone
- uses- construction stone
- Textures- non foliated
- Mineral compostion- Quartz
6
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- Rock name- schist
- Parent- Phyllite
- Uses C stone
- Texture- foliated
7
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- Rock name- quartzite
- Parent- sandstone
- uses- C stone
- Textures- Non foliated
- Mineral compostion- Quartz
8
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- Rock name- Antracite coal
- parent rock- Bituminous coal
- Uses- Fossil fuel
- Textures- Non foliated
- Mineral compostion- carbon
9
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- Rock name- Phyllite
- parent- slate
- uses- c stone
- textures -foliated
10
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- Rock name- Slate
- Parent rock- Shale
- uses- roofing
- Texure foliated
11
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- Rock name- marble
- Parent- limestone
- uses- art carvings
- Textures- non foliated
- Mineral compostion- calcite
12
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- Rock name- Granite Gneiss
- rock parent- Granit
- uses- C stone
- textures- Foliated
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