Foliation

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What is the process of foliation and why is important to us?

-- Randy Rosenthal (rrosenth@oswego.edu), February 11, 2001

Answers

As said in the text, pages 175-176, foliation occurs when preexisting minerals acquire a preferred orientation and rotate crystals until they lie parallel to the developing plane. Foliation is important in identifying metamorphic rocks.

-- Alison Tripi (tripi@oswego.edu), February 11, 2001.

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