Foliated Metamorphic Textures
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Slaty
ü Foliated = Flat, tight-layered sheets
ü Very Fine Grained
ü Little to minerals observable
Phyllitic
ü Foliated = Mildly wavy, sheets
ü Fine-grained
ü Sheen-like luster = mica minerals
 
Schistose
ü Foliated = wavy, flaky layers
ü Medium to course grained
ü Observable mineralogy
ü Lots of mica and quartz
ü
Gneissic
ü Foliated = dark and light mineral bands
ü Medium to course grained
ü Observable mineralogy
ü Quartz, feldspar, biotite, and amphibole
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Mica Schist
Garnet Gneiss