Step 2: Use the metamorphic rock photographs and their accompanying rock descriptions, along with the Metamorphic Rocks Classification Table, to assign a metamorphic rock name to metamorphic rocks 1-4 below. Record your answers on a sheet of paper.

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Rock Names
Common
Metamorphic
Texture
Grain Size
Other Characteristics
of Common
Metamorphic
Rock Name
Protoliths
Environment
No visible
Usually shale,
Usually dark in color;
may scratch glass
grains to
Contact
Hornfels
but can be
fine
Metamorphism
any rock
grained
Pink, purple, white, gray,
green; fused quartz
grains that give the rock
a sugary appearance;
scratches glass
Burial or
Quartz
Quartzite
Contact
Non-
Sandstone
Medium
Metamorphism
Foliated
grained
Texture
White, gray, pink, may
have color streaks;
ANY variety of
Burial or
Marble
limestone or
Contact
fizzes with acid
dolostone
Metamorphism
Fused clasts that make
the rock look like a shiny
version of a
conglomerate
Burial or
Coarse
Meta-
Conglomerate
Contact
grained
conglomerate
Metamorphism
Rock Names
Common
Metamorphic
Texture
Grain Size
Other Characteristics
of Common
Metamorphic
Rock Name
Protoliths
Environment
Gray, green, red;
Microscopic composed of mica flakes;
Usually shale,
but can be
Regional
Metamorphism
grains to
fine grained
appears layered and/or
breaks into flat, smooth
slabs
Slate
mudstone
Glossy sheen/metallic
Fine grained luster; breaks along wavy
Usually shale,
Regional
Metamorphism
Phyllite
but can be
surfaces
slate
Foliated
Texture
Subduction
Medium biotite or
Usually shale,
Medium
Zone or
muscovite grains; shiny
and scaly appearance
Schist
but can be
Regional
Metamorphism
grained
slate, phyllite
Usually shale
or granite, but
can be slate,
Medium to
Light and dark color
mineral banding
Regional
Metamorphism
coarse
Gneiss
grained
phyllite, schist,
Transcribed Image Text:Rock Names Common Metamorphic Texture Grain Size Other Characteristics of Common Metamorphic Rock Name Protoliths Environment No visible Usually shale, Usually dark in color; may scratch glass grains to Contact Hornfels but can be fine Metamorphism any rock grained Pink, purple, white, gray, green; fused quartz grains that give the rock a sugary appearance; scratches glass Burial or Quartz Quartzite Contact Non- Sandstone Medium Metamorphism Foliated grained Texture White, gray, pink, may have color streaks; ANY variety of Burial or Marble limestone or Contact fizzes with acid dolostone Metamorphism Fused clasts that make the rock look like a shiny version of a conglomerate Burial or Coarse Meta- Conglomerate Contact grained conglomerate Metamorphism Rock Names Common Metamorphic Texture Grain Size Other Characteristics of Common Metamorphic Rock Name Protoliths Environment Gray, green, red; Microscopic composed of mica flakes; Usually shale, but can be Regional Metamorphism grains to fine grained appears layered and/or breaks into flat, smooth slabs Slate mudstone Glossy sheen/metallic Fine grained luster; breaks along wavy Usually shale, Regional Metamorphism Phyllite but can be surfaces slate Foliated Texture Subduction Medium biotite or Usually shale, Medium Zone or muscovite grains; shiny and scaly appearance Schist but can be Regional Metamorphism grained slate, phyllite Usually shale or granite, but can be slate, Medium to Light and dark color mineral banding Regional Metamorphism coarse Gneiss grained phyllite, schist,
Step 2: Use the metamorphic rock photographs and their accompanying rock descriptions, along with
the Metamorphic Rocks Classification Table, to assign a metamorphic rock name to metamorphic rocks
1-4 below. Record your answers on a sheet of paper.
Rock 3: Extremely
hard rock with large
minerals of quartz.
Despite its appearance
in the photo, there is
NO mineral banding in
Rock 1: Black and
Rock 2: Shiny rock with very small
Rock 4: Light colored rock with
medium to large minerals of
calcite and metamorphosed
white mineral banding
with coarse-grained
minerals of quartz and
fine-grained minerals
minerals of biotite mica and
muscovite mica.
fossils.
of biotite.
Rock 3.
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Transcribed Image Text:Step 2: Use the metamorphic rock photographs and their accompanying rock descriptions, along with the Metamorphic Rocks Classification Table, to assign a metamorphic rock name to metamorphic rocks 1-4 below. Record your answers on a sheet of paper. Rock 3: Extremely hard rock with large minerals of quartz. Despite its appearance in the photo, there is NO mineral banding in Rock 1: Black and Rock 2: Shiny rock with very small Rock 4: Light colored rock with medium to large minerals of calcite and metamorphosed white mineral banding with coarse-grained minerals of quartz and fine-grained minerals minerals of biotite mica and muscovite mica. fossils. of biotite. Rock 3. 31
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