Metamorphic Rocks Types To Spot
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Metamorphic Rocks Types
1 Steatite
Steatite is known as soapstone. it is soft and slippery to touch.
2 Marble
Marble forms when limestone is heated or squashed.
3 Quartzite
Quartzite forms when sand stone is heated or squashed.
4 Eclogite
Eclogite is formed at very high temperatures deep in the earth.
5 Gneiss
Gneiss has wavy brands of feldspar, mica and quartz.
6 Hornfels
Hornfels forms when mudstone or shale is heated.
7 Schist
Schist form when mudstone and shale is heated and squashed.
8 Migmatite
Migmatite is made of granite and gneiss.
9 Slate
Slate forms when mudstone or shale is heated or squashed.
10 Amphibolite
Amphibolite is dark in color, with small flakes of black and white.
11 Mylonite
Mylonite is formed by stretching rock.
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These rocks if they are crushed are they used for anything in particular
Most of them not all...example like marble, Quartzite etc..
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This is interesting. Reminds me of Geography in my seconday school days. These was my best topic cos it was easy....lol
Dat is nice...same here..