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
As with all metamorphic rock, the parent rock texture and chemistry are major factors in determining the final outcome of the metamorphic process, including what index minerals are present.
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
Little irregular bits of stone had broken off the parent rock, and for awhile they amused themselves with tossing these into the water.
From The Cow Puncher by Robert J. C. Stead
