parent rock
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Instead, directed stress modifies the parent rock at a mechanical level, changing the arrangement, size, and/or shape of the mineral crystals.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2017
These space rocks came from the same parent rock and provided evidence for the first asteroid from the collision.
From New York Times ● Jun. 16, 2016
Dr. Schmitz and his team concluded that the new space rock, which they named Öst 65, came from the asteroid that smashed into the same L-chondrite parent rock that littered the ancient seafloor with debris.
From New York Times ● Jun. 16, 2016
In most cases, this is sedimentary or igneous rock, but metamorphic rock that reaches the surface and is then reburied can also be considered a parent rock.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
The garnets used for industrial purposes are usually found loose in detrital deposits, weathered from the parent rock, though in some important workings the rock is quarried.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various
