Metamorphic Rock Research Paper

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Once upon a time there was a rock called slate he was a metamorphic rock, and he was happy with his life. Slate was formed from volcanic ash that went under heat and pressure. His life conditions are very intense but he handles it very well. He is a very cool little rock even though he is so hot inside. Since he a is metamorphic rock he is banded and he is also folded and distorted. In a crowd of little rock's his size you can identify him because he is fine grained and has very slaty cleavage.

But then, his best friend named Erica that was also a metamorphic rock wanted to change into a sedimentary rock. Slate wanted to stay the same but he liked Erica the marble and he wanted to marry her so when she said that “ You are ugly the way you are, so you need
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“ The process to become a sedimentary rock from a metamorphic rock is kind of complicated first we have to melt and become magma then we have to crystallized to become a igneous rock after that we have to go through weathering and erosion that might take awhile to become sediments “ said Erica but then Slate rudely interrupted her.

“ What if something goes wrong “ said Slate

“Nothing will go wrong and if it does we can always start over .” said Erica in a snappy way.
But she forget to explain the last step to become a sedimentary rock . The last step is that the sediments must compact to form a sedimentary rock.

They started their long journey to become sedimentary on the ground right near a volcano but for them to melt into magma which was the first step in becoming a sedimentary rock they needed to roll around and find a opening in the volcano's surface.

“ Why don’t we just wait for the volcano to explode” said Slate

“ We can’t the volcano can take a long time to explode.” Erica said .

So they rolled around and rolled around until they found a opening in the volcano's surface .

“What do we do know “ said

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