Metamorphism - Earthlearningidea

This is an Earthlearningidea activity 'Metamorphism - that's Greek for change of shape isn't it?' The first part of the video shows how elongated clay minerals in a mudstone become aligned as they recrystallise under intense pressure in the Earth to produce the metamorphic rock, slate.
The second part shows how rounded particles in a limestone (or sandstone) recrystallise under intense pressure in the Earth to form marble (or quartzite).

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• metamorphic
• rocks
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• pressure
• clay
• slate
• limestone
• marble
• sandstone
• quartzite