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Metamorphic Rocks

Metamorphic rocks are usually lighter in weight due to air bubbles and imprints from magma and lava. They are darker in color as they form from cooled magma and lava, and their minerals are aligned in the same direction. Most metamorphic rocks form under high heat and pressure, which causes squeezing and crystallization of other rocks over time. Blue marble specifically forms from heated and compressed limestone containing blue color. Gneiss contains bands of light and dark minerals like quartz and feldspar. Slate is usually dark gray to black and smooth, forming from compressed shale, mudstone and various minerals.

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Metamorphic Rocks

Metamorphic rocks are usually lighter in weight due to air bubbles and imprints from magma and lava. They are darker in color as they form from cooled magma and lava, and their minerals are aligned in the same direction. Most metamorphic rocks form under high heat and pressure, which causes squeezing and crystallization of other rocks over time. Blue marble specifically forms from heated and compressed limestone containing blue color. Gneiss contains bands of light and dark minerals like quartz and feldspar. Slate is usually dark gray to black and smooth, forming from compressed shale, mudstone and various minerals.

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Properties
Usually metamorphic rocks are light in weight. They have air bubbles inside them which is what makes them light. They also have bubble imprints in them from magma and lava. The color of metamorphic rocks is usually darker because they are created from the dried magma and lava. The minerals face the same direction on the rock. There are possibly bands of color on the rocks. All metamorphic rocks should have crystals formed through crystallization though sometimes they are not always visible upon observation.

Heat and Pressure


Most metamorphic rocks are made by heat and pressure. Heat and pressure creates squeezing. Metamorphic rocks are created by squeezing other rocks together into ribbonlike layers. Shiny crystals might form over time. Earths high temperatures, great pressure, and chemical reactions cause the change in the rocks. Most heat comes from magma. Most pressure comes from layers of rocks pressed down which creates the squeeze.

Blue Marble
Blue marble could be fine or coarse. Blue marble is made by limestone that has been heated and morphed together with other rocks that contain blue color. The crystals on blue marble are generally big. Marble can be made if two islands crash and one goes over the other. Marble can also be created by limestone when it is under intense heat from a blob of magma or by growing mountains.

Gneiss
Gneiss is made by mudstones, igneous rocks, and other metamorphic rocks. There are bands that go around it that are both light and dark in color. Main minerals that it contains are quartz and feldspar though sometimes there is granite added to it. Gneiss rocks can have colors like pink and gray and have a rough texture.

Slate
Slates colors are generally dark gray to black but can be other colors like green or red. Slate is smooth in texture. Shale and mudstone are used to create it. Clay-like minerals and possibly quartz, feldspar, calcite, pyrite, hematite, and mica are also used to create Slate. Slate is used for roofing and flooring. You can't see the grains or minerals without a microscope.

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