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Gneiss is a banded or foliated metamorphic rock, of similar composition to granite. It is very hard and used where granite would be used, some gneisses are used as facing stone on buildings.
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Metamorphic Gneiss has many uses as a building material such as flooring, ornamental stones, gravestones, facing stones on buildings and work surfaces.
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The Rock Cycle (KS3)|Types of Rock|Metamorphic Rocks|Gneiss Uses ... Metamorphic Gneiss has many uses as a building material such as flooring, ornamental stones, gravestones, facing stones on buildings and work surfaces.
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These gneisses are usually referred to by only their descriptive (middle) name plus the word gneiss -- e.g., faulted gneiss and granitic gneiss (see Figures B & C). USES:
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Top questions and answers about Uses-of-Gneiss. Find 3 questions and answers about Uses-of-Gneiss at Ask.com Read more. ... What are the uses of gneiss?
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gneiss, coarse-grained, imperfectly foliated, or layered, metamorphic rock. Gneiss is characterized by alternating light and dark bands differing in mineral composition and having coarser grains than those of schist. ... Uses of gneiss...
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Since the late 1700's, gneiss has been quarried in and around Baltimore. One of the most recent quarry sites is found in our county near Havre de Grace. Along the banks of the Susquehanna River, the Arundel Corporation quarries large blocks of gneiss for various uses.
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Bookshelf holders, door-stops are other common uses, while a strange physical property of gneiss that allows it to become magnetic in the rain makes it valuable in the manufacture of outdoor compasses.
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Wikipedia. This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Gneiss". ...
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