Feb 27, 2017. 1  Tonight, Casey Affleck took home the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Manchester by the Sea. While this might be a reason for celebration for the new Oscar-winner, not everyone was so eager to join in with the applause.
Bituminous coal is a sedimentary rock. Anthracite coal is considered a metamorphic rock.
The original rock that has undergone metamorphism is called the protolith. Protolith can be any type of rock and sometimes the changes in texture and mineralogy are so dramatic that is difficult to distinguish what the protolith was.1  Note that diagenesis and weathering are also a changes in form that occur in rocks.he original rock that has undergone metamorphism is called the protolith. Protolith can be any type of rock and sometimes the changes in texture and mineralogy are so dramatic that is difficult to distinguish what the protolith was.