What is metamorphic rock?

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What is metamorphic rock?

• Heat and pressure deep beneath the earths
  surface can change any rock into a metamorphic
  rock.
• Geologists classify
• metamorphic rocks
• according to the
• arrangements of the
• grains that make up the rocks.
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What is foliated rock?

• Foliated Rocks rocks that have their grains
  arranged in parallel layers or bands (Ex slate,
  schist, gneiss)
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What is nonfoliated rock?

• Nonfoliated Rocks rocks in which the mineral
  grains are arranged randomly there are NO
  layers (Ex marble, quartzite)
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What is metamorphic rock used for?

• building and sculpture

Taj Mahal
Abraham Lincoln Memorial