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Part of Hall of Planet Earth.
AMNH/R.Mickens
With burial and the associated increase in pressure and heating, shales may be transformed by re-crystallization in the deep crust into metamorphic rock, like this gneiss. Even greater heating of shales may lead to melting and generation of new granite magma.
AMNH Collection