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Presence of hydrothermal fluids
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Pressure
Confining Pressure: same
pressure from all directions.
Directed Pressure: unequal
pressure from different directions
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Directed Pressure
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minerals are
arranged in layers
or bands
Non-Foliated:
not layered;
minerals grow in
the same size and
Animation
shape
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Overview
Metamorphism involves a change in rock
Metamorphism occurs under three conditions