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Banded Metamorphic Rock

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noun

• a laminated metamorphic rock similar to granite

49%10Banded metamorphic rock resembling gneiss
noun

• a gneiss derived from a sedimentary rock.

40%9Metamorphic rock with a banded or striped appearance
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