As describe by the rock cycle, an igneous rock can undergo three types of changes. First, it can be weathered and then compacted into a sedimentary rock, such as obsidian weathered into shale. Next, an igneous rock can, through heat and pressure, be changed into a metamorphic rock. Granite, which is an igneous rock, can be metamorphosed into gneiss. Finally, an igneous rock can be be melted and then cooled into another igneous rock. For example granite, which results from relatively slow cooled magma in the Earth's crust, can be re-melted and rapidly cooled, turning it into obsidian.
an igneous rock can make other igneous
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Step 1.
- Igneous rock gets pushed up to the surface via magma from volcano's
- Igneous rock cools, hardens, weathered and bonds with other atoms to form a sedimentary rock,
Example of igneous rock - Granite, Basalt, Pumice
Step 2.
- Sedimentary rock dissolves into the water and gets pushed under the sand of the bottom of the sea, etc
- Sedimentary rock gets heated and squashed by rock layers and earth's core
- Sedimentary rock bonds with other atoms to form a Metamorphic rock
Examples of Sedimentary rock - Chalk, Limestone, Sandstone
Step 3
- Metamorphic rock moves closer to the earths core and gets even hotter (some may get pushed to the surface)
- Metamorphic rock melts and bonds with other atoms to form an Igneous rock
- Back to step one
Examples of Metamorphic rock- Marble, Slate
A sedimentary rock could undergo heat and pressure to become a metamorphic rock, melt into an igneous rock, or get weathered, eroded and deposited into another sedimentary rock
The sediments from the weathering could become part of a sedimentary rock formation.
Metamorphic rocks can melt into magma and then undergo cooling and crystallization to become an igneous rock. Or, they can undergo weathering and erosion into sediments and then lithify to become sedimentary rocks. +++ They can melt and become magma only if subducted - a process normally confined to the sea-floor plate.
An igneous rock is cooled magma. So first it would have to melt. From there it could become any igneous rock depending on the environment.
Amethyst is an igneous rock. It is quartz which has been stained purple by mineral impurities.
A sedimentary rock could undergo heat and pressure to become a metamorphic rock, melt into an igneous rock, or get weathered, eroded and deposited into another sedimentary rock
The sediments from the weathering could become part of a sedimentary rock formation.
During rock cycle an igneous rock could turn into any of the three types of rock. It could undergo weathering and form sediments which results to sedimentary rocks, it could also under intense temperature and pressure without melting to form metamorphic rock and can also become part of molten magma to form igneous rock again.
All three rock types could be formed in areas under the seas. Two types of rock are most likely to form on the seafloor, however. Sedimentary rock is formed on the seafloor where accumulations of sediments undergo lithification processes. Extrusive igneous rock can form on the seafloor when lava erupts on its surface.
Metamorphic rocks can melt into magma and then undergo cooling and crystallization to become an igneous rock. Or, they can undergo weathering and erosion into sediments and then lithify to become sedimentary rocks. +++ They can melt and become magma only if subducted - a process normally confined to the sea-floor plate.
No, but pumice can.
It could be Granite.
An igneous rock could be of any size, from microscopic to miles in diameter.
Sedimentary rock can be turned into lave or magma by contact with either of the substances or exposure to extreme heat. When the lava or magma cools, it becomes igneous rock.Students who are using wiki.answers.com could be advised that copying word for word is plagerizm.
Yes. A foliated metamorphic rock could have an igneous rock as a protolith.
Igneous rock could appear anywhere on Earth.
Metamorphic rock can melt under the surface of the earth, and the harden into an Igneous rock. As an Igneous, it could crystalize, or break down into sediment where it can become either Igneous or Sedimentary.