metamorphic rock
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Examples are marble, which can be formed from limestone, and slate, which is formed from shale.
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It’s the sturdy metamorphic rock that underlies the Los Angeles Basin, “the bedrock of this whole area,” Coffey says.
From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2024
But which sedimentary rock is that metamorphic rock derived from, hmm?
From Slate • Jan. 12, 2024
It’s a metamorphic rock, which means it becomes something new under extreme heat and pressure without melting.
From National Geographic • Oct. 12, 2023
The person with knowledge of the matter said that the group’s name derived from the metamorphic rock, signaling the group’s intent to be enduring and maintain a clarity of purpose.
From New York Times • Aug. 22, 2022
Most of the coast of Norway is composed of metamorphic rock; but these islands are of granite, and for marvellous peaks and oddly-pointed shapes, deep, far-reaching gulches and ca�ons, are unequalled elsewhere.
From Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia by Ballou, Maturin Murray
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