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What is a metamorphic rock that has parallel alignment of mineral grains?
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A folliated texture metamorphic rock, like shist.
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What is the parallel alignment of platy grains in a rock called?
The texture of a rock with aligning parallel platy grains is said to exhibit metamorphic foliation.
The parallel alignment of platy grains?
foliation
What is a rock with long flat mineral grains?
A metamorphic rock
What is a folitated rock?
A foliated rock is a type of metamorphic rock created when mineral grains flatten and line up in parallel bands. So in other words is a rock that has parallel lines in it and you are able to see them.
How does a foliated metamorphic rock form?
Metamorphic rocks have their grains arranged in parallel layers or bands that are said to be foliated.
What is a foiliated metamorphic rock?
A foiliated metamorphic rock is a metamorphic rock that has a texture of parallel alignment of mineral grains. Your Welcome...
What is the parallel alignment of platy grains in a rock called?
The texture of a rock with aligning parallel platy grains is said to exhibit metamorphic foliation.
Is it true that foliated metamorphic rocks have mineral grains that are randomly placed?
It is not true. Metamorphic rock foliation is displayed as banding or layering due to mineral alignment.
What type of metamorphic rock is composed of mineral grains arranged in parallel layers?
Foliated.
What platy parallel mineral grains are the most visual aspect of foliated metamorphic rocks?
Mica.
Metamorphic rocks such as marble and quartzite are said to be what because their mineral grains are not arranged in parallel layers or bands?
Nonfoliated
What can rock foliation tell us?
Rock foliation is the result of pressure and recrystallization when rocks undergo metamorphosis. It is the layering and parallel alignment of flattened or directionally oriented mineral crystals. Slate, phyllite, schist, and gneiss are all metamorphic rocks with foliated texture.
What kind of metamorphic rock has its mineral grains arranged in planes of bands?
Metamorphic rock with mineral grains arranaged in bands or lamellar planes are called foliated metamorphic rocks.
What type of grains does metamorphic rock have?
Metamorphic rock may have coarse, flattened, or aligned mineral grains.
The parallel alignment of platy grains?
foliation
Parallel alignment of platy grains.?
foliation
What does schist mean?
any of a class of crystalline metamorphic rocks whose constituent mineral grains have a more or less parallel or foliated arrangement.
