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Contents of 6.8 How are metamorphic rocks classified?

6.8 How are metamorphic rocks classified?

Foliated texture: Compositional banding along parallel, often contorted, bands. Contains muscovite, biotite, chlorite, quartz, garnet, talc, staurolite, others. Parent rock: shale, igneous rocks

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Fig 6.20