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Laboratory Manual for Introductory Geology 4e

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FIGURE 7.1 Examples of changes from protolith (left) to metamorphic rock (right).

(a) Changes in texture.

(i) Very fine-grained calcite in micritic limestone recrystallizes to form coarse-grained calcite in marble.

(ii) Coarse quartz and feldspar grains in granite are changed in a fault zone to very fine-grained ultramylonite.

(iii) Rounded clasts in conglomerate are flattened in metamorphosed conglomerate.

(b) Changes in mineralogy.

(i) Clay minerals in mudstone react with quartz to form biotite and garnet in gneiss.

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176 CHAPTER 7 INTERPRETING METAMORPHIC ROCKS

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