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Marble (metamorphosed limestone) Slate (metamorphosed shale) Gneiss (metamorphosed granite)
Limestone is the parent rock of marble. The word marble can be used to refer to both metamorphosed and unmetamorphosed limestone.
Density
The 3 basic rock types are igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks, which can all be changed or metamorphosed by heat and pressure.
Slate--metamorphosed shale or mudstone.Phyllite--metamorphosed slate.Quartzite--metamorphosed sandstone.
Marble is any metamorphosed limestone without a strong foliation i.e. a limestone that metamorphosed without strong strain in any particular direction to produce a consistent structure in that direction. It's a relatively specific term in geology, but a lot of other rocks are informally called marble which aren't really true marble - often they're unmetamorphosed fine grained limestones, or something similar.
preexisting rocks that have been metamorphosed by cooking and crushing.
Deformed, and change into metamorphic rocks.
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Supracrustal rocks are those sedimentary or volcanic rocks deposited or formed over the basement rocks which were later metamorphosed.
by heat and pressure on the rock