Figure 6. Exposures of swirled gneiss in the area often contain blocks of other kinds of rocks. Here, a block of dark amphibolite (a rock composed largely of dark colored hornblende or related minerals) is surrounded by swirled gneiss. Complicated patterns like this attest to the extreme heat and pressure that the rocks have endured.

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