foliation - ANSWERSSlaty cleavage, schistosity, and compositional banding are all examples of ___________.
slaty - ANSWERS______ cleavage: parallel foliation of fine-grained platy minerals; produces the rocks slate and phyllite.
schistosity - ANSWERS________ - the layering in a coarse grained...
foliation - ANSWERSSlaty cleavage, schistosity, and compositional banding are all examples of
___________.
slaty - ANSWERS______ cleavage: parallel foliation of fine-grained platy minerals; produces the rocks
slate and phyllite.
schistosity - ANSWERS________ - the layering in a coarse grained, crystalline rock
platy - ANSWERSMuscovite and Biotite are an example of _______ mineral grains.
gneiss - ANSWERSMineral Banding (________) - The layering in a rock in which bands or lenses of
GRANULAR minerals (quartz and feldspar) alternate with bands or lenses in which platy (mica)
granular - ANSWERSQuartz and Feldspar are _________ minerals.
Quartzite - ANSWERS_________ has a sandy texture, and is NON-foliated.
sandstone - ANSWERSQuartzite is the only metamorphic rock with ________ as its parent rock.
glassy - ANSWERSAnthracite Coal has a ______ texture, and its parent rocks are peat, lignite, and
bituminous coal
mudstone or shale - ANSWERSSlate comes from _________ or ________.
phyllite - ANSWERS__________ has a shiny, metalic luster.
Gneiss - ANSWERS______ can easily be identified by its alternating bands of light and dark colors.
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