Important Metamorphic Minerals


For the following minerals memorize the formulas and know a common protolith.
 

Andalucite

Sillimanite

Kyanite

Almandine (garnet)

Grossular (garnet)

Biotite

Muscovite

Albite

Anorthite

Cordierite

Diopside

Jadeite

Wollastonite

Enstatite

Hypersthene

Tremolite

Actinolite

Forsterite

Fayalite

Brucite

Talc

Serpentine

Chlorite

Sphene

Calcite

Aragonite

Dolomite

Prehnite

Magnetite

Hematite

Ilmenite

Corundum

Periclase
 
 
 

For the following minerals know the main chemical constituents and a common protolith.
 
 
 

Heulandite

Analcime

Chloritoid

Epidote

Lawsonite

Pumpellyite

Staurolite

Idocarase

Anthophyllite

Glaucophane