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Metamorphic facts for kids

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Metamorphic is a word from Greek that means "after change." It can also be any of the following:

  • Metamorphic rock: The word for rocks that have been transformed by great heat and pressure.
  • Metamorphic code: is a programming technique used to disguise code in computer viruses.


Images for kids

  • Quartzite

    Quartzite, a type of metamorphic rock

  • The stones of the Dutch - Lleida Pyrenees 04

    Metamorphic rock, deformed during the Variscan orogeny, at Vall de Cardós, Lérida, Spain

  • Amphibolite (Archean, 3.1-3.2 Ga; Norris South roadcut, Madison County, Montana, USA) 1 (45574881922)

    Amphibolite formed by metamorphism of basalt

  • Staurolite-Almandine-36948

    Metamorphic rock containing staurolite and almandine garnet

  • Mylonite Strona

    A mylonite (through a petrographic microscope)

  • Migma ss 2006

    Folded foliation in a metamorphic rock from near Geirangerfjord, Norway

  • MississippianMarbleUT

    Mississippian marble in Big Cottonwood Canyon, Wasatch Mountains, Utah

  • Eozoon01

    A contact metamorphic rock made of interlayered calcite and serpentine from the Precambrian of Canada. Once thought to be a pseudofossil called Eozoön canadense. Scale in mm.

  • Rock contact metamorphism eng big text

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See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Roca metamórfica para niños

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