Metamorphic Rocks

Schistosity/Banded; coarse grained Foliated

Schistose; quartz, mica, feldspar intermixed Banded; light and dark layers Dull Luster, Green to Black, Rings

Slaty Clevage; Fine grained

Shiny Luster, Green, Visible Crystals

Clear to Pale Colors

NonFoliated

Has Garnet, staurolite, kynatie, & sillimanite

Opaque to dark dull colors

Schist

Gneiss Breaks into smooth flat sheets

Slate

Slatey cleavage to weak schistosity, 2 can be folded

Phyllite

Fused QuartzGrains

Quartzite

Dense & Compact

Hornfels

Unpowdered

Limestone Marble

Powdered

Dolomitic Marble

Reacts with HCL

Metamorphic Rocks

Adapted From: http://csmres.jmu.edu/geo llab/Fichter/MetaRx/metke yvrysp.html