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Meaning of "metamorphic rock"

metamorphic rock: Rock that has undergone transformation through heat, pressure, or chemical processes, resulting in a changed mineral composition and texture
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  • one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth; consists of pre-existing rock mass in which new minerals or textures are formed at higher temperatures and greater pressures than those present on the Earth's surface

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Metamorphic rock is a very special sort of rock.
It is the finest grained foliated metamorphic rock.
No igneous or metamorphic rock is exposed on the surface.
Marble is one example of a metamorphic rock.
White metamorphic rock with dispersed granates.
Quartzite is an extremely hard metamorphic rock.
The metamorphic rock composed almost entirely of quartz.
They are halfway between an igneous and metamorphic rock.
What is the metamorphic rock name for dolomite.
Khondalite is a foliated metamorphic rock.
Slate is a metamorphic rock that is formed from shale.
The prong consists of mountains made up of crystalline metamorphic rock.
A marble is a metamorphic rock that is translucent.
Quartzite is an example of a metamorphic rock.
Quartzite is a metamorphic rock composed almost entirely of quartz.

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Makrana marble is a metamorphic rock.
Green metamorphic rock crossed by irregular bands of dark minerals.
Is gold found in metamorphic rock.
A foliated metamorphic rock composed mainly of tiny mica grains in parallel alignment.
The result is a metamorphic rock.
A metamorphic rock which is clotted with augen is often called an augen gneiss.
Soapstone is a well known metamorphic rock composed predominantly of talc.
Pressure or heat can change the sedimentary rock to metamorphic rock.
Nuumite is an opaque metamorphic rock with an iridescent play of color.
During this time the sedimentary rock was changed into metamorphic rock.
Nonfoliated metamorphic rock.
The composition changes to form a new type of rock called a metamorphic rock.
What is a metamorphic rock.
The new rock type formed by qualitative change is called metamorphic rock.
Argillaceous schist is metamorphic rock which exhibits fine laminations of clay materials.
It is classified as a metamorphic rock.
Marble is a metamorphic rock used for thousands of years in the field of construction.
Migmatite is a rock that is a mixture of metamorphic rock and igneous rock.
Unakite is a metamorphic rock that forms when granite is altered by hydrothermal activity.
Most of these mountains are volcanic in origin although the nucleus is metamorphic rock.
The geology is thrust faulted metamorphic rock over younger sedimentary rock.
Fluorocarbon based CFCs and tetrafluoromethane have been reported in igneous and metamorphic rock.
Dark red metamorphic rock with biotite difusse lines as black thin bands.
Different combinations of heat and pressure on sedimentary rock form different types of metamorphic rock.
Precambrian metamorphic rock is the oldest rock and there are also deposits of volcanic rocks.
It consists of highly eroded Precambrian metamorphic rock.
Quartzite is a metamorphic rock derived from sandstone that is distinguished from sandstone by its fracture.
Sparta is in the Highlands which is composed of igneous and metamorphic rock.
The facies are named after the metamorphic rock formed under those facies conditions from basalt.
It is a variety of the mineral Corundum and is found as crystals within metamorphic rock.
Different types of schist and gneiss are metamorphic rock types found in the Himalayas.
It is a metamorphic rock formation from the Middle Ordovician era.
The Red Tusk gets its name from the reddish metamorphic rock that forms the mountain.
While not a true metamorphic rock name, as it infers an origin, it is a useful term.
The Iom River also rises in a region of metamorphic rock.

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