Practice mode Soil Science

What type of metamorphic rock is marble?

Correct answer D. Dynamo-metamorphic

Explanation

Marble forms when limestone recrystallises under the high pressure and heat of regional (dynamo) metamorphism, turning calcite grains into an interlocking crystalline mass.

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