Photos of metamorphic rocks displaying aligned mineral grains. Click on any photo for a larger image. Some of the larger images may be on other web sites and will open in a new window.

Red Slate photo

aligned-hs_001. Slaty cleavage defined by aligned muscovite and chlorite in slate quarry near Lake Bomoseen, VT, USA. Red color is due to hematite. The cleavage is at a high angle to bedding defined by dolomititc layers visible in the photo. The field of view is 40 cm wide.



Ctd-Chl Schist photo

aligned-hs_002. Cleavage and foliation defined by aligned muscovite and chlorite in this outcrop photo of a Ctd-Chl schist, Pinny Hollow, VT, USA. The field of view is about 1 m across.



aligned gneiss photo

aligned-hs_003. Aligned biotite and hornblende in meta-igneous rock, Shelburne Falls, MA, USA.