You now have two possibilities. If, the rock has conspicuous banding of black and white minerals CLICK HERE. If the rock shows foliation and some or all of the grains are visible, but there is no obvious black and white banding CLICK HERE. If neither description seems to fit your rock, Go Back to the previous step.
| Coarse black and white banding | Feldspar, quartz, biotite and amphibole commom | Click Here |
| Obvious foliation, a few large grains may be present, various colors | Muscovite, garnet, talc and chlorite commom | Click Here |
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| METAMORPHIC ROCK TEXTURES | METAMORPHIC ROCK CLASSIFICATION |