Metamorphic Rock Examples

Quartzite Anthracite Coal

High quality, creates
Tough building
lots of energy when
material burned
Metamorphic Rock: Marble
 Metamorphic Rock: Slate
Used for: Billiards, chalkboards, roofs, floors
Metamorphic Rock Examples

Schist Gneiss
 Metamorphic
meta
meta = to change
morph
morph = form
Metamorphic rocks are formed from
Parent rocks (pre-existing rocks)
Parent rocks can be Igneous, sedimentary,
or other metamorphic rocks.
Metamorphism The process through
which a rocks structure is changed by
heat and pressure
Metamorphic Rocks are Formed
from Parent Rocks
Quartzite is the
Metamorphic
rock

Sandstone
is the Parent
(Parent Rock) Rock
 Parent rock of Marble

Limestone Marble
Used For: Statues,
buildings, countertops
Metamorphic Rocks are Formed
from Parent Rocks

Slate

Shale

Which specimen is the parent rock? Shale

 Metamorphic Rocks are Formed
from Parent Rocks
Parent Rock The original rock material that
forms metamorphic rock
Example:

Granite Gneiss
 Metamorphic Textures
1. Foliated Rock
Bands of minerals in
parallel layers

2. Non-foliated
Rock Without
bands
Foliated Metamorphic Rock
Examples:

Schist

Phyllite
Slate
Non-foliated Metamorphic Rock Examples:

Marble

Quartzite
 Metamorphic Environments:
Form where there is HEAT & PRESSURE

Magma and Friction make HEAT

Collisions and Gravity produce PRESSURE
Metamorphic Cheer
M-E-T-A
MET-A-MORPH-IC
Heat and Pressure
Heat, Heat, and PRESSURE
Go FOLIATION
 METAMORPHIC ROCK
TEXTURES
Foliated (mineral bands)
Non-foliated (no bands, grainy or
smooth)
 METAMORPHIC ROCK
PARENT ROCKS
Sandstone Quartzite
Limestone Marble
Shale Slate
Granite Gneiss
METAMORPHIC ROCK
META = CHANGE
MORPH = FORM
Metamorphism involves the
change in form or structure of a
rock through heat and pressure.
3 ROCK TYPES:
Igneous-formed from the cooling
and crystalization of magma
Sedimentary-formed by the
compacting and cementation of
layers of sediment
Metamorphic-formed by
structural/chemical change due to
heat and pressure
 Metamorphic Rock Lab
Set up your field notebook (Include
Title)
Rotate independently between the 16
stations set up around the room
Start with whichever station number
you are located
Round 1: You will have 1 minute at
each station
Do not switch to the next station until
told to do so
Round 2: You may go back to any
unoccupied station, if needed