a. A foliated rock derived from granite.
b. Hard, nonfoliated, single mineral rock, fromd under high to mederate metamorphism.
c. Foliated rock psossessing excellent rock cleavage. Generally used in making blackboards.
d. Nonfoliated rock composed of carbonate minerals.
e. Foliated rock contain about 50% platy minerals; named according to the major minerals in the rock.
2007-07-07 05:19:43 · 5 answers · asked by Kerri L B 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
a) gneiss
b) quartzite
c) slate
d) marble
e) schist/phyllite
Please look these up in your book/lab manual to understand them better. You can't really learn to ID them if someone just tells you the answers.
2007-07-07 05:24:22 · answer #1 · answered by Lady Geologist 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Slate
2007-07-07 12:25:16 · answer #2 · answered by im_Lisa 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
a Gneiss
b Quartzite
c Slate
d Marble
e mica schist, also chlorite schist
2007-07-07 12:27:05 · answer #3 · answered by AndrewG 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-07-07 12:28:00 · answer #4 · answered by drakke1 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
slate
2007-07-07 12:22:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋