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The rock piece which I chose came from The Major Arc Bergen Complex
which encompasses both the Ulriken and the Rundemanen Mountain , and
after a careful study of the various resources I have concluded that ,the rock
was originally a igneous rock but changed to a metamorphic rock during
the Caledonian Orogeny.

Caledonian Orogeny :- It was a mountain building era which was caused in

the Scandanavia and the other surrounding areas like the British Islands ,
Scotland and the around areas lying within the same latitude , which took
place around 490-390 million years ago .

The Major Bergen Arc is a very broad term to say as it covers a huge area ,
but the place from where the sample was taken comes under Ulriken
Gneiss Complex which forms the Rundemanen Formation .At present the
entire area is made up of a huge Gneiss mass and has different minerals
in it which include Garnet , Mica , Metagabbro and Granite .Not only has it
gone undergone the deformation of the Caledonian metamorphoism but
also the Precambrian deformations (541.0 1.0 Ma).

Ma - refers to million years ago .

Formation of the original feature :After seeing the various folds and the cut lines in the rocks were originally
formed in the Precambrian period(541.0 1.0 Ma) .This can be clearly seen
in the lower layer of the rock sample as the lower layer shows the
preserved rocks . That layer is also a layer of Gneiss but has been divided
under the category of Biskopshavn Minigmatic Gneiss . This contains the
rocks in lower layers , which have remained relatively undisturbed and are
called as the migmatic rocks having a foliated structure .
1. Migmatic
rocks : - . A rock which is a mixture of metamorphic and a igneous rock and
is formed when the metamorphic rock partially melts and then recrystallizes
to form an igneous rock .
(The different colour band we see in the rock which looks like a sedimentary
rock are actually because of the combination of the metamorphism and the
recrystallization.)

The shifts , veins and the other cut lines that we see are because of the
shear zones and Pegmatite a mineral also found in these rocks have
coincided with it to cut it at sharp angles .
2.Mineralogy :a )The lowest layer has a foliated structure i.e. that it has been
formed in the layers .
b) The other layers have a coarse grained structure and have
specks of Mica in between which gives it a shiny appearance .

Reason for the present day state :The original rocks were igneous rocks and which had been
metamorphoised and different rock samples show different characteristics .
a) The rock sample was formed due to very high temperature difference
during the Caledonic Deformation but this difference was not present in the
precambrian
deformation hence this structure .
b) So the theory of partial melting and great temperature difference
( Hydrothermal Pressure) both are applicable.
c)
Links for the Information :http://folk.uib.no/nglhe/BergenGeo.html
http://www.academia.edu/3437681/Geology_of_the_Minor_Bergen_Arc_West_
Norway
http://folk.uib.no/nglhe/Papers/JSG%201987%20Holst%20Fossen%20Strain
%20around%20fold.pdf
http://folk.uib.no/nglhe/Papers/NGU%201988%20Rundemanen.pdf
http://books.google.no/books?
id=rMVNE0F2SckC&pg=PA13&lpg=PA13&dq=making+of+land+geology+of
+norway&so...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caledonian_orogeny
http://books.google.no/books?
id=EQhfhUhjQJAC&pg=PA191&lpg=PA191&dq=geology++of+
+rundemanen&source=bl...