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Can gneiss metamorphose into phyllite

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No. Phyllite can metamorphose into schist and then into gneiss.

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The rock type which results from metamorphosed shale is?

Shale can metamorphose into slate, which can metamorphose into phyllite, which can metamorphose into schist, which can metamorphose into gneiss.


What is a mineral that is after phyllite and before gneiss?

Not a mineral but a rock. Schist comes asfter phyllite ut before gneiss.


What is after phyllite and before gneiss?

schist


Can you describe the 4 rocks formed by metamorphic grade which are Slate Phyllite Schist and Gneiss?

Four rocks formed by metamorphic grade are slate, phyllite, schist and gneiss. Slate and pnyllite are low grade; schist is a medium grade; and gneiss is a high grade rock.


10 examples of metamorphic rocks?

- Amphibolite - Eclogite - Gneiss - Greenstone - Hornfels - Marble - Migmatite - Phyllite - Quartzite (Metaquartzite) - Schist - Slate - Soapstone


Is slate and gneiss the same thing?

No, but slate and gneiss are both a type of metamorphic rock. Slate will also turn into Gneiss, eventually, if metamorphosing continues. The series is Shale (sedimentary) >> Slate (metamorphic) >> Phyllite >> Schist >> Gneiss


What is the metamorphic progression of shale?

Shale > Slate > Phyllite > Schist > Gneiss > Migmatite > Complete Melt


What metamorphic rocks are found in Pennsylvania?

Pennsylvania is home to quartzite, slate, marble, phyllite, gneiss, and schist


What rocks have foliated structure?

"Foliated" rocks are usually metamorphic rocks like phyllite, slate, schist, and gneiss.


Does shale form from gneiss?

It can, indirectly. Shale is a sedimentary rock. Like many rocks, gneiss can be weathered down to very fine particles to the point that it becomes clay or silt. Those particles can then settle on the bottom of a body of water as mud. Under the pressure of burial, that mud can become shale. However, gneiss can also form from shale. Under long exposure to enormous heat and pressure shale will becomes slate, further heating and pressure will turn slate into phyllite, phyllite into schist, and schist into gneiss.


What kind of rock is formed from the metamorphic of shale?

The first metamorphic rock to form from shale is slate. With further metamorphosis you get phyllite, then schist, then gneiss.


3 metamorphic rocks?

Slate, gneiss, skarn, phyllite, hornfels, amphibolite, schist, quartzite, marble, and granulite are all metamorphic rocks.