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Metamorphic Rocks - Quiz No. 4 - Question 3
(Metasomatic)
You
chose this definition:
Describes rocks formed by the metamorphism
of sandstones (e.g. the Moine rocks of NW Scotland).
No, that's not
correct. These rocks are
Metapsammitic
(Psammite is
an obsolete term for sandstone: the term survives in
metamorphic nomenclature, together with the term pelite for
mudstone/shale)
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