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Home › Science › Earth Sciences › Geology › Metamorphic Rocks

Metamorphic Rocks

  • Name of rock [components]
    1. Colours
    2. Type; Grain and texture
    3. Uses





  • Amphibolite [Amphibole, plagioclase, biotite, diopside, garnet, spatite, magnetite, ilmenite, sphene]
    1. Dark green to black, with white spots
    2. Regional; Medium to coarse, banded
    3. Rarely used in building
  • Calc-silicate Rock [Calcite, olivine, periclase, serpentine, tremolite, diopside, wallastonite, vesuviusite, garnet]
    1. Grey, black, red, green
    2. (n/a); Medium to coarse
  • Calciphyre [Calcite, wollastonite, garnet, plagioclase, scapolite, diopside, sphene, ilmenite,clintonite, graphite, quartz, phlogopite, brucite, spinel]
    1. Brown, light green, blue, white
    2. Contact; fine to medium
    3. Scientific
  • Coal [Vegetable matter]
    1. Brown, black
    2. (n/a);
    3. Fuel for heating and generating electricity
  • Eclogite [Pyroxene, garnet, kyanite, diamond]
    1. Green, red
    2. Regional; Medium to coarse, banded, dense
    3. Rarely used in building
  • Gneiss [Feldspar, mica, quartz, apatite, epidote, garnet, hornblende, ilmenite, magnetite, pyrite, monazite, pyrrhotite]
    1. Grey, pink, in layers
    2. Regional; Medium to coarse
    3. Rarely used in building
  • Granulite [Feldspar, granite, augite, quartz, corundum, enstatite, kyanite, magnetite, rutile, spinel]
    1. Dark, black, with light parts
    2. Regional; Coarse, resistant to the elements
    3. Building
  • Halleflinta [Not visible to the naked eye]
    1. Grey, buff, pink, green, brown
    2. (n/a); Fine
  • Hornfels [Mica, quartz, andalusite, pyroxene, cordierite, garnet, feldspar]
    1. Grey, brown, dark
    2. Contact; Fine
  • Marble [Clay, quartz, garnet, olivine, goethite, hematite, epidote, graphite]
    1. Grey, white, red, green, blue
    2. Contact; Coarse
    3. Building
  • Metaquartzite [Sandstone, quartz, feldspar, goethite, limonite]
    1. Regional; Fine to medium
  • Migmatite [Feldspar, mica, augite, quartz, hornblende, apatite, magnetite, zircon, marble]
    1. Green, black bands, with lighter stripes
    2. Anatectic; Medium to coarse
    3. Flooring, facings
  • Mylonite [Depends upon preexistent rocks]
    1. Black, dark grey
    2. Metasomatic; Tightly-packed deposits
    3. Scientific
  • Phyllite [Chlorite, muscovite]
    1. Green, grey, with silvery sheen
    2. Regional; Fine to medium, minor folds
    3. Rarely used in building
  • Rodingite [Garnet, pyroxene, chlorite, amphibole, sphene, epidote, vesuvianite]
    1. Brown, red, green, rose
    2. Metasomatic; Coarse
    3. Scientific
  • Schist [Mica, feldspar, quartz, andalusite, cordierite, garnet, kyanite, staurolite]
    1. Various colours
    2. Regional; medium to coarse
    3. Rarely used in building
  • Skarn [Calcite, axinite, diopside, epidote, garnet, wollastonite, chalcopyrite, galena, magnetite, pyrite, sphalerite]
    1. Black, brown, grey
    2. Metasomatic; Fine to coarse, banded
    3. Mined for ores
  • Slate [Clay, shale, quartz, andalusite, cordierite, mica, graphite]
    1. Black, blue, green, brown, buff
    2. Regional; Fine
    3. Roofing tiles, pool-table tops




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