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10 Cards in this Set
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Slaty foliation |
Consisting of minerals too small to see, readily split along parallel planes |
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Phyllitic Foliation |
Consisting of minerals barely visible, sheeny surface in reflected light, may look wrinkled |
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Schistose Foliation |
Consisting of crystals that are easily visable, break along irregular surfaces parallel to foliation |
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Gneissic Foliation |
Consisting of COARSE minerals with alternating bands of quartz and biotite |
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Gneiss |
Coarse grained/gneissic, bands of quartz and biotite, foliated |
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Schist |
Schistose, fine/ medium coarsed grained, quartz muscovite hornblende, foliated |
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Phyllite |
Phyllitic, fine grained minerals hard to see, good cleavage, sheeny surface |
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Slate |
Dark colored, slaty cleavage, dull surface, very fine grained |
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Marble |
Non foliated, reacts with acid, light colored, contains calcite and dolomite, large grained |
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Quartzite |
Non foliated, harder than glass, crystalline, light color, coarse grained |
