Looks like really thin flat layers 1 Looks like it is made of grains of sand 4 Metamorphic Rock Samples Looks like really thin flat layers 2 Looks like it has thin layers of shiny minerals with big crystals in the layers. 5 Looks like it is made of big grains 3 Looks shiny, no grains, and leaves a grey metallic streak 6

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Rock Name
Gneiss
Schist
Phillite
Slate
Graphite
Marble
Quartzite
Texture
Foliated
Foliated
Folited
Foliated
Nonfoliated-Unfoliated
Nonfoliated-Unfoliated
Nonfoliated Unfoliated
Composition
Thick, dark, and light
foliations of minerals
Small, thin foliations of
minerals
Very thin, and wavy
foliations of minerals
Very thin flat foliations
of the same mineral
(usually one color)
Dark gray carbon
Large visible light
colored minerals
Small grains of sand
fused together
(usually smaller than
grains found in Marble)
Extra
Sometimes large
mineral crystals form in
the foliations
(like Garnets)
Looks metallic
Transcribed Image Text:Rock Name Gneiss Schist Phillite Slate Graphite Marble Quartzite Texture Foliated Foliated Folited Foliated Nonfoliated-Unfoliated Nonfoliated-Unfoliated Nonfoliated Unfoliated Composition Thick, dark, and light foliations of minerals Small, thin foliations of minerals Very thin, and wavy foliations of minerals Very thin flat foliations of the same mineral (usually one color) Dark gray carbon Large visible light colored minerals Small grains of sand fused together (usually smaller than grains found in Marble) Extra Sometimes large mineral crystals form in the foliations (like Garnets) Looks metallic
Looks like really thin flat layers
1
Looks like it is made of grains of sand
4
Metamorphic Rock Samples
Looks like really thin flat layers
2
Looks like it has thin layers of shiny minerals
with big crystals in the layers.
5
Metamorphic Rocks are identified based on their 7
Looks like it is made of big grains
3
Looks shiny, no grains, and leaves a grey
metallic streak
and 8
6
Transcribed Image Text:Looks like really thin flat layers 1 Looks like it is made of grains of sand 4 Metamorphic Rock Samples Looks like really thin flat layers 2 Looks like it has thin layers of shiny minerals with big crystals in the layers. 5 Metamorphic Rocks are identified based on their 7 Looks like it is made of big grains 3 Looks shiny, no grains, and leaves a grey metallic streak and 8 6
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