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33: 335: 174:. Metamorphic rocks can be derived from any other kind of non-metamorphic rock and thus there is a wide variety of protoliths. Identifying a protolith is a major aim of metamorphic 376: 311: 181:
Protoliths are non-metamorphic rocks and have no protoliths themselves. The non-metamorphic rocks fall into two classes:
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On a geological time scale, the first protoliths were first formed shortly after the formation of the Earth during the
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rock, and quartzo-feldspathic rock. Similarly, sedimentary protoliths can be classified as quartzo-feldspathic,
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Magmatic protoliths can be further divided into three categories:
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