Metamorphic Rock Identification – Report Sheet
Name: __________________________
Date: _________________
Sample
Number
Foliated
(yes/no)
Minerals
Visible
(yes/no)
Kind of
Minerals
Other
Features
Rock Name
1
2
3
4
5
Questions: Answer the following questions in complete and grammatically correct
sentences.
1. What is the mineral composition of marble? [HINT – Use the Scheme for
Metamorphic Rock Identification.]
2. Suppose you are given two sample of white metamorphic rocks. You are told one
sample is white marble and one sample is white quartzite. How would you
identify which was which is you are not allowed to break the samples? [HINT –
Use the Scheme for Metamorphic Rock Identification and something you used in
this lab and your answer to question #1.]
3. Why do you rarely find fossils in metamorphic rocks? [HINT – Read the
Introduction to this lab.]
4. Why are minerals in some metamorphic rocks often arranged in layers?
5. Why do you think foliated rocks would break more easily than non-foliated
rocks? [HINT – This is a thought questions based mostly on common sense.
Think about the meanings of foliated and nonfoliated.]
6. According to the Scheme for Metamorphic Rock Identification, what is the
original rock that was metamorphosed into:
a.) Quartzite
b.) Slate
c.) Marble
7. According to the Scheme for Metamorphic Rock Identification, if sufficient heat
and pressure occurred what kind of metamorphic rock might form from:
a.) Conglomerate
b.) Bituminous Coal
c.) Chlorite, mica, quartz, feldspar, amphibole, garnet, and pyroxene