Review of Minerals and Rocks Columbia University
The light and dark bands are alternations of felsic vs. mafic layers. Gneiss is composed of high temperature minerals such as quartz, feldspar, and biotite (as in granite and other igneous rocks). Nonfoliated Metamorphic Rocks. Marble is metamorphosed limestone composed of recrystallized and interlocking calcite or dolomite crystals.