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Metamorphic Rocks

Metamorphic Rocks. Two Words. Not Happy Birthday!!. Foliated Metamorphic Rocks . Mineral Alignment Banding. Slate comes from:. Shale Metamorphoses to Slate. Red Fossil Shale. Red Slate. Slate Roofing Tiles. Phyllite. Phyllite is shiny b/c:. Schist from Manhattan.

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Metamorphic Rocks

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  1. Metamorphic Rocks • Two Words Not Happy Birthday!!

  2. Foliated Metamorphic Rocks • Mineral Alignment • Banding

  3. Slate comes from:

  4. Shale Metamorphoses to Slate Red Fossil Shale Red Slate

  5. Slate Roofing Tiles

  6. Phyllite

  7. Phyllite is shiny b/c:

  8. Schist from Manhattan Schist has shiny, platy, flaky __________ crystals

  9. Central Park Schist showing Glacial scratches

  10. Schist Showing Banding or Foliation

  11. This Gneiss started out as…

  12. Granite Metamorphoses to Gneiss Granite Gneiss

  13. Gneiss Rock!!

  14. Gneiss foliations distorted

  15. Folded Gneiss at Museum of Natural History, Manhattan

  16. Non-Foliated

  17. Anthracite Coal comes from…

  18. Coal Metamorphoses to Anthracite Anthracite Coal

  19. Map Of Pennsylvania Coal Fields

  20. Go To Google Maps to see Pennsylvania

  21. Hornfels: from _____ metamorphism

  22. Quartzite comes from…

  23. Sandstone Metamorphoses to Quartzite Sandstone Quartzite

  24. Quartzite with Cross-Bedding

  25. Marble comes from…

  26. Limestone Metamorphoses to Marble Limestone Marble

  27. Folded Marble,Maam Valley, Ireland

  28. Metaconglomerate comes from…

  29. Conglomerate Metamorphoses to Metaconglomerate Conglomerate Metaconglomerate

  30. Stretching of Pebbles in Metaconglomerate

  31. Contact Metamorphism Limestone (Sedimentary.) Marble (Metamorphic.) Diabase (Igneous Intrusion.) Marble (Metamorphic.) Limestone (Sedimentary.)

  32. Contact Metamorphism Quartzite Intrusion of Gabbro Sandstone Quartzite Small Intrusion Sandstone

  33. Regional Metamorphism

  34. Folding of Rock during Mountain Building

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