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What do thicker bands in the appearance of a metamorphic rock mean about its composition?
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Metamorphic rocks are transformed existing rock types. Thicker bands in the appearance of a metamorphic rock mean that it was made with more intense heat and under greater amounts of pressure.
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What do bands in a metamorphic rock mean?
The thicker the bands the more intense the heat and pressure conditions were to form the rock. Metamorphic rocks are transformed existing rock types. Thicker bands in the appearance of a metamorphic rock mean that it was made with more intense heat and under greater amounts of pressure.
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.
A metamorphic rock with visible layers or bands is said to be what?
Visible layers or bands in metamorphic rock is designated as 'foliation' and the rock is said to be 'foliated'.
What kind of metamorphic rock has its mineral grains arranged in bands or planes?
Metamorphic rock with mineral grains arranaged in bands or lamellar planes are called foliated metamorphic rocks.
What is metamorphic rocks that have parellel bands of minerals?
It is foliated
What is it called when a metamorphic rock has folds or bands?
Foliation
What rock has large inter grown crystals in thin bands?
Gneiss is a type of metamorphic rock that often exhibits large intergrown crystals in thin bands. It forms from the transformation of pre-existing rocks under high temperature and pressure conditions, resulting in a banded appearance with distinct layers of different mineral compositions and grain sizes.
How can you tell if a rock is a metamorphic rock?
A metamorphic rock will display foliation or bands around the rock.
What are the properties of gneiss?
gneiss has many properties depending on the type of gneiss it is but some common properties are fine or coarse grains, metamorphic "bands" on the rock, and it's composition which is feldspar,quartz, mica, and hornblende.
What is a metamorphic rock showing minerals formed into bands?
Gneiss.
A metamorphic rock that has visible layers or bands?
foliated rock
What is the texture called in metamorphic rocks with bands or layers?
foliated
