The mineral assemblage within metamorphic rock is
A) always identical to that found within its protolith.
B) dependent only on the mineral assemblage of its protolith.
C) dependent only on the temperature and pressure of formation.
D) dependent on both the mineral assemblage of its protolith and the temperature and pressure of formation.
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