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    The document describes the geology of Gunung Pass, located in Malaysia. The pass consists mainly of metasedimentary rocks like quartz mica schists and phyllites that have undergone low to medium grade metamorphism. Schist is the dominant rock type observed along the KM 46 Simpang Pulai-Cameron Highlands road, consisting of well-foliated plates of mica and quartz minerals. Schist forms through the metamorphosis of sedimentary rocks like shale and mudstone under heat and pressure within continental plate boundaries.

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    The document describes the geology of Gunung Pass, located in Malaysia. The pass consists mainly of metasedimentary rocks like quartz mica schists and phyllites that have undergone low to medium grade metamorphism. Schist is the dominant rock type observed along the KM 46 Simpang Pulai-Cameron Highlands road, consisting of well-foliated plates of mica and quartz minerals. Schist forms through the metamorphosis of sedimentary rocks like shale and mudstone under heat and pressure within continental plate boundaries.

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    The document describes the geology of Gunung Pass, located in Malaysia. The pass consists mainly of metasedimentary rocks like quartz mica schists and phyllites that have undergone low to medium grade metamorphism. Schist is the dominant rock type observed along the KM 46 Simpang Pulai-Cameron Highlands road, consisting of well-foliated plates of mica and quartz minerals. Schist forms through the metamorphosis of sedimentary rocks like shale and mudstone under heat and pressure within continental plate boundaries.

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    The document describes the geology of Gunung Pass, located in Malaysia. The pass consists mainly of metasedimentary rocks like quartz mica schists and phyllites that have undergone low to medium grade metamorphism. Schist is the dominant rock type observed along the KM 46 Simpang Pulai-Cameron Highlands road, consisting of well-foliated plates of mica and quartz minerals. Schist forms through the metamorphosis of sedimentary rocks like shale and mudstone under heat and pressure within continental plate boundaries.

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    Rock at Gunung Pass

    The geology of Gunung Pass consists of a sequence of sedimentary rocks, probably


    of Palaeozoic age, which have undergone low-to-medium grade dynamic
    metamorphism. The metasedimentary rocks outcrop in a 4 km-wide shear zone
    contained within Mesozoic granites. The landslide has taken place in quartz mica
    schists which at the base contain persistent graphite schists layers les than 30 cm
    thick. The slope comprises of granite and combinations of several metasedimentary
    rocks, namely schists and phyllites. About 63% of the whole stretch is underlain by
    granite while the rest is metasedimentary rock (Omar, 2002). Schist rock is dominant
    for the KM 46 Simpang Pulai-Cameron Highland road. The bedding planes and
    foliation of the schist are almost parallel each other. This schist is well foliated. The
    schist is postulated to be of Upper Palaeozoic age (Gobbett, 1972. At Mount. Pass
    we have found many kinds of rocks, But the most rock that shown up is schists rock.
    Schist is a foliated metamorphic rock made up of plate-shaped mineral grains that
    are large enough to see with an unaided eye. It usually forms on a continental side of
    a convergent plate boundary where sedimentary rocks, such as shales and
    mudstones, have been subjected to compressive forces, heat, and chemical activity.
    This metamorphic environment is intense enough to convert the clay minerals of the
    sedimentary rocks into platy metamorphic minerals such as muscovite, biotite, and
    chlorite. To become schist, a shale must be metamorphosed in steps through slate
    and then through phyllite. If the schist is metamorphosed further, it might become a
    granular rock known as gneiss.

    A rock does not need a specific mineral composition to be called “schist.” It only
    needs to contain enough platy metamorphic minerals in alignment to exhibit distinct
    foliation. This texture allows the rock to be broken into thin slabs along the alignment
    direction of the platy mineral grains. This type of breakage is known as schistocyte.

    In rare cases the platy metamorphic minerals are not derived from the clay minerals
    of a shale. The platy minerals can be graphite, talc, or hornblende from
    carbonaceous, basaltic, or other sources.
    Schist is a rock that has been exposed to a moderate level of heat and a moderate
    level of pressure. Let’s trace its formation from its protoliths - the sedimentary rocks
    from which it forms. These are usually shales or mudstones.

    In the convergent plate boundary environment, heat and chemical activity transform
    the clay minerals of shales and mudstones into platy mica minerals such as
    muscovite, biotite, and chlorite. The directed pressure pushes the transforming clay
    minerals from their random orientations into a common parallel alignment where the
    long axes of the platy minerals are oriented perpendicular to the direction of the
    compressive force. This transformation of minerals marks the point in the rock’s
    history when it is no longer sedimentary but becomes the low-grade metamorphic
    rock known as “slate.”

    Slate is has a dull luster, it can be split into thin sheets along the parallel mineral
    alignments, and the thin sheets will ring when they are dropped onto a hard surface.
    If the slate is exposed to additional metamorphism, the mica grains in the rock will
    begin to grow. The grains will elongate in a direction that is perpendicular to the
    direction of compressive force. This alignment and increase in mica grain size gives
    the rock a silky luster. At that point the rock can be called a “phyllite.” When the platy
    mineral grains have grown large enough to be seen with the unaided eye, the rock
    can be called “schist.” Additional heat, pressure, and chemical activity might convert
    the schist into a granular metamorphic rock known as “gneiss.”

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