Yes, the gneiss rocks are usually crystalline. The gneiss rocks are foliated or banded metamorphic rocks that have the same composition as the granite.
Gneiss usually consists of visible crystals of aligned mineral assemblages.
Both are foliated metamorphic rocks in which individual minerals can be seen with the naked eye. The difference is that gneiss is generally more coarsely crystalline and has color banding and schist smells bad.
A Gneiss is a Metamorphic rock
Gneiss is foliated.
No, gneiss is metamorphic.
Gneiss is foliated and coarse grained
Gneiss is a rock, not a mineral.
Gneiss is a part of the earths lower crust. No matter where you drill you will eventually uncover gneiss.
No. Gneiss has alternating light and dark bands.
No. Phyllite can metamorphose into schist and then into gneiss.
No. Gneiss is a metamorphic rock.
Yes, gneiss will split with a hammer.