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Metamorphic Rocks

Metamorphic Rocks. Recrystallization - when minerals grow and change (due to heat and pressure) Slaty foliation- fine: banding very small and hard to see with naked eye Schistose foliation- fine to medium: banding apparent Gneissic foliation- medium to coarse: banding very pronounced.

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Metamorphic Rocks

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  1. Metamorphic Rocks

  2. Recrystallization- when minerals grow and change (due to heat and pressure) Slaty foliation- fine: banding very small and hard to see with naked eye Schistose foliation- fine to medium: banding apparent Gneissic foliation- medium to coarse: banding very pronounced

  3. Slate

  4. Phyllite

  5. Schist

  6. Gneiss

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