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Question
State the chief characteristics of metamorphic rocks.
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Solution
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They are harder and more compact than their original form.
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Most of them are impermeable; they do not allow water to percolate through them.
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They do not have fossils because fossils in sedimentary rocks are destroyed during metamorphism.
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They are formed due to a change in texture and composition of pre-existing rocks.
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New minerals are formed during the process of metamorphism.
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