parent rock
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Metamorphic source rocks, the rocks that experience the metamorphism, are called the parent rock or protolith, from proto– meaning first, and lithos- meaning rock.
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
Two things that a geologist first considers when looking at a metamorphic rock are what the parent rock might have been, and what type of metamorphism has taken place.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
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 Stead, Robert J. C.
