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MINERAL

COMPONENTS
AND TEXTURE OF
ROCKS
(METMORPHISM)
METAMORPHISM
IS THE CHANGES THAT TAKES PLACE
WITHIN A BODY OF ROCK AS A RESULT OF
IT BEING SUBJECTED TO CONDITIONS
THAT ARE DIFFERENT FROM THOSE IN
WHICH IT IS FORMED.
IT IS FROM THE GREEK WORD “META”
MEANS CHANGE AND “MORPHE” MEANS
FORM.
ACTIVITY
DIRECTIONS: IDENTIFY
WORDS WHICH ARE RELATED
TO THE SAID PROCESS BY
CHOOSING AND WRITING THE
WORDS ON THE OPPOSITE
BOX.
HEAT
VOLCANIC
ROCK
PRESSURE
FLUID
HEAT
MANTLE
TEMPERATUR
E
WEATHERING
METAMORPHIC ROCK
ISFORMED AT THE SURFACE OF
THE EARTH THROUGH THE
PROCESS OF METAMORPHISM
WITH RECRYSTALLIZATION OF
MINERALS IN ROCKS DUE TO
CHANGES IN PRESSURE AND
TEMPERATURE CONDITIONS.
MAIN FACTORS
A.CONTACT METAMORPHISM
B.REGIONAL
METAMORPHISM
C.HEAT AND REACTIVE
FLUIDS
SCHEME OF METAMORPHIC ROCK
IDENTIFICATION
THREE MAIN FACTORS/AGENTS
OF METAMORPHISM
1.HEAT
2.PRESSURE
3.CHEMICALLY ACTIVE
FLUIDS
HEAT
ISTHE MOST IMPORTANT FACTORS
BECAUSE IT PROVIDES THE ENERGY
TO DRIVE THE CHEMICAL CHANGES
WHICH RESULTS IN THE
RECRYSTALLIZATION OF MINERALS.
THE HEAT INCREASES AS THE
DEPTH INCREASES.
PRESSURE
JUST LIKE HEAT, ALSO INCREASES
WITH DEPTH, AND THE BURIED
ROCKS ARE SUBJECTED TO THE
FORCE OR STRESS.
HEAT AND PRESSURE CAUSE
PHYSICAL CHANGES TO BURIED
ROCKS.
CHEMICALLY ACTIVE FLUIDS
ENHANCED THE METAMORPHIC PROCESS.
THE COMMON FLUID WHICH HELPS THE
CHEMICAL ACTIVITY IS WATER CONTAINING
IONS SOLUTION.
AS THE ROCKS BURIED DEEPLY, THE
WATER IS FORCED OUT OF THE ROCK AND
BECOMES AVAILABLE TO AID IN CHEMICAL
REACTIONS.
THE THIRD FAMILY OF ROCKS
IS THE METAMORPHISM ROCK
FORMED FROM EITHER
IGNEOUS ROC OR
SEDIMENTARY ROCKS THAT
HAVE BEEN CHANGED DUE TO
TREMENDOUS HEAT AND
METAMORPHISM DOES NOT
ACTUALLY MELT THE ROCKS BUT
TRANSFORMS THEM INTO DENSE,
MORE COMPACT ROCKS. MINERALS
MAY ALSO BE ARRNAGED DUE TO
CHEMICAL REACTIONS INVOLVING
FLUIDS THAT ENTERS ROCKS.
METAMORPHIC ROCKS ARE USED
FOR VARIETY PUROSES.
SLATE IS USED COMMERCIALLY
FOR YOUR CLASSROOM
BLACKBOARDS AND FOR POOL
TABBLES.
MARBLE IS USED IN THE
CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDING
FLOORS, BATHROOM WALLS,
AND COUNTER PARTS.
EXTREME HEAT AND PRESSURE
CHANGE THE ORIGINAL STATE OF AN
EXISTING ROCK.
THEY ALSO CHANGE CHEMICAL
COMPOSITION AND PHYSICAL
STRUCTURE OF EXISTING ROCKS.
COMBINATIONS OF MINERALS IN
ROCKS ARE STABLE ONLY OVER
SPECIFIC RANGES OF PRESSURE AND

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