Metamorphic Rocks

Question 1

Slate

Answer 1

Texture: Slaty
Minerals: Chlorite, Mica
Parent: Shale
Facies: Zeolite

Question 2

Phylite

Answer 2

Texture: Glossy
Minerals: Chlorite, Muscovite
Parent: Shale
Facies: Prehnite

Question 3

Schist

Answer 3

Texture: Schistosity
Minerals: Albite, Biotite, Quartz, (Garnet)
Parent: Shale
Facies: Lower Greenschist

Question 4

Gneiss

Answer 4

Texture: Gneissic
Minerals: Plagioclase, Quartz, Biotite
Parent: Shale
Facies: Lower Amphibolite

Question 5

Augen Gneiss

Answer 5

Texture: Gneissic
Minerals: K-Feldspar, Amphibole, Biotite
Parent: Arkose, Grandiorite
Facies: Upper Mphibolite

Question 6

Greenschist

Answer 6

Texture: Schistosity
Minerals: Chlorite
Parent: Basalt
Facies: Greenschist

Question 7

Amphibolite

Answer 7

Texture: Lineation
Minerals: Amphibole, Plagioclase
Parent: Basalt
Facies: Amphibolite

Question 8

Greenstone

Answer 8

Texture: Non-Foliated
Minerals: Chlorite
Parent: Basalt
Facies: Greenschist

Question 9

Serpentinite

Answer 9

Texture: Non-Foliated
Minerals: Serpentine
Parent: Peridotite
Facies: N/A

Question 10

Marble

Answer 10

Texture: Non-Foliated
Minerals: Calcite
Parent: Limestone
Facies: Greenschist +

Question 11

Quartzite

Answer 11

Texture: Weakly-Foliated
Minerals: Quartz, Muscovite
Parent: Quartz Sandstone
Facies: Greenschist +

Question 12

Hornfels

Answer 12

Texture: Non-Foliated
Minerals: N/A
Parent: Shale
Facies: Hornfels

Question 13

Skarn

Answer 13

Texture: Non-Foliated
Minerals: Garnet, Epidote, Calcite
Parent: Limestone
Facies: Hornfels