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What is the parallel alignment of platy grains in a rock called?
The texture of a rock with aligning parallel platy grains is said to exhibit metamorphic foliation.
Parallel alignment of platy grains.?
foliation
The parallel alignment of platy grains?
foliation
What is it when platy materials have a parallel alignment?
foliated
When platy materials have a parallel alignment a rock is .?
foliated
When platy materials have a parallel alignment a rock is a?
foliated
What platy parallel mineral grains are the most visual aspect of foliated metamorphic rocks?
Mica.
What platy mineral grains are the most visual aspect of foliated metamorphic rocks?
Mica.
What is salt's cleavage?
The rocks tend to spilt along parallel planes defined by distribution and parallel arrangment of platy mineral crystals.
What does it mean if the rock layers are foliated?
The foliation is caused by the massive force of pressure and high temperature which results from mountain building processes caused by plate collisions. The heat and pressure combine to realign the existing minerals from a random orientation to one of parallel orientation, thus creating the visible lines or platy cleavages found in foliated metamorphic rocks. The lines of foliation are created perpendicularly to the force being applied.
What is a string hanging of your platy?
Answer It is the platy's waste.
What is saltiness?
Slaty foliation, is a type of parallel foliation consisting of fine-grained platy minerals. The direction of foliation is usually perpendicular to the direction of maximum stress.
