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When platy materials have a parallel alignment a rock is ____ APEX

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The rock texture with aligning parallel platy grains is to exhibit metamorphic foliation.

Most metamorphic rocks have a platy or planar structure which is caused by the parallel alignment of micas and/or other flat mineral so this structure is called foliation.

Metamorphic rocks can be foliated or non-foliated.

Foliated metamorphic rocks will display banding or layering of its mineral constituents while non-foliated metamorphic rocks will not.

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The answer is: Foliated