Marble and Quartzite Are Nonfoliated Metamorphic Rocks Because

question 8

Multiple Choice

Marble and quartzite are nonfoliated metamorphic rocks because

• A) they are never found beneath fault zones or collisional mountain ranges.
• B) both are dominated by minerals that produce equant grains.
• C) both are dominated by minerals with crystalline structures that cannot be dissolved.
• D) dynamothermal metamorphism can break down the structures of their constituent minerals,but the minerals are unstable in that metamorphic environment.

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