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15 Cards in this Set
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Layered groups of minerals with parallel bands
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Metamorphic foliated
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Parent rock=shale
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Slate
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Parent rock=shale, slate, basalt or granite
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Schist
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Parent rock=shale, schist, granite or sandstone
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Gneiss
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Most important mineral (along w/ mica and quartz) in gneiss
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Feldspar
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Slate is most commonly formed from _________
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the igneous rock granite
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Rock that is clastic and made of mud
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Shale
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No layers, single mineral
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Nonfoliated metamorphic
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Parent rock=limestone and dolomite
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Marble
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Parent=sandstone
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Quartzite
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parent rock=basalt
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metabasalt
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parent=bituminous coal
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anthracite coal
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2 examples of clastic rocks
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conglomerate and breccia
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3 examples of chemical rocks
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gypsum, halite, and limestone
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3 examples of organic rocks
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limestone, coal and chalk
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