Metamorphic Rock Identification Sheet

Metamorphic Rock Identification Sheet

Metamorphic Rock Identification Sheet

Instructions/Descriptions

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For this activity you will need to watch the short video(s) for each metamorphic rock. You have been provided with key characteristics for each metamorphic rock on the page with the metamorphic rock videos. You will need to identify each metamorphic rock by comparing that information with the table below to determine the rock name. Once you have determined the rock name you will need to create an excel table with the following columns and in this order:

Sample Number, Texture, Protolith/Parent Rock, and Name. You will be submitting this completed excel table. You need to put the samples in numeric order in the chart.

You will use the chart below to determine the rock name.

Metamorphic Rock Identification Chart

Texture

Environment Form

Parent Rock

Rock Name

Foliated

slaty

Regional

Environment Form

slate

phyletic

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Regional

shale, slate, mudstone, claystone

phyllite

schistose

Regional

shale, slate, phyllite, mudstone, claystone

schist

schistose

Regional

Basalt or Gabbro

amphibolite

gneissic banding

Regional

shale, slate, phyllite, schist, mudstone, claystone

gneiss

Non- Foliated

Contact or Regional

Bituminous Coal

anthracite coal

Contact or Regional

Conglomerate

meta conglomerate

Contact or Regional

fossiliferous limestone, lithic limestone

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marble

Contact or Regional

quartz-rich sandstone

quartzite

Metamorphic Rock Identification Sheet

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