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Metamorphic rock displaying banding is referred to as foliated metamorphic rock.
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What type of grains does metamorphic rock have?
Metamorphic rock may have coarse, flattened, or aligned mineral grains.
Can the mineral grains in a metamorphic rock be flattened?
Yes, and they often are, and appear as foliations.
What is metamorphic rock in which mineral crystals are arranged in parallel layers or band?
They are called foliated metamorphic rocks.
What kind of metamorphic has its minerals grains arrange in planes or band?
Metamorphic rock with mineral grains arranaged in bands or lamellar planes are called foliated metamorphic rocks.
What kind of rock is formed with heat and pressure?
Metamorphic rocks, like slate or quartizite, or even diamonds.
What type of rock is slate?
A metamorphic rock.
What can you find in a metamorphic rock?
in a metamorphic rock you find rock.
What rocks change into metamorphic rocks?
Any type of rock can become metamorphic.
Is marble igneous or sedimentary?
Marble is the metamorphosed result of limestone. Therefore, marble is metamorphic.
How does metaporhic rocks form?
Metamorphic rocks are rocks that have "morphed" into another kind of rock. These rocks were once igneous or sedimentary rocks. How do sedimentary and igneous rocks change? The rocks are under tons and tons of pressure, which fosters heat build up, and this causes them to change. If you exam metamorphic rock samples closely, you'll discover how flattened some of the grains in the rock are.
Is the rock chalk metamorphic?
No it is not metamorphic, it is a sedimentary rock.
Is chert a metamorphic rock?
Chert is NOT a metamorphic rock.
