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Sure. They can be broken down to form sand. Under intense heat and pressure, they can change to metamorphic rock.
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How do the mountains rocks change colors o the minerals?
When you look at a rock and see different colors, those colors are minerals .The pressure and heat causes the minerals in the rock to change into different minerals which cause the different colors in the rocks.
How are minerals linked to plate tectonics?
Minerals Make up rocks, Which make up the layers of the Earth(Crust, Lithosphere, asthenosphere, and Mantle)(Minerals make up the inner and outter core). The layers of the earth(crust) make up plate tectonics; convection currents and Plates(made of rock)
Is cleavage splitting of rocks in definite surfaces?
Cleavage is the splitting of rocks or minerals along defined surfaces.
Do all rocks have crystals in it?
Most rocks do but there are some exceptions. Coal (such as bituminous coal) is composed of organic material but is considered a sedimentary rock. Glassy rocks such as obsidian or pumice cool too quickly to contain crystals.
What rocks make schist?
Schist comes from shale. It is laminated , flaky, and found in parallel layers. The minerals in this rocks that have crystallized from the parent rock are visible.
Oxidaton changes what about the minerals and rocks?
Minerals and rocks do change. In fact they change everyday, but it takes hundreds and millions of years till it's noticible.
When temperature and pressure change what happens to the minerals in the rocks?
They can change into coal
When temperature and pressure change what can happen to the minerals and rocks?
They can change into coal
How do the mountains rocks change colors o the minerals?
When you look at a rock and see different colors, those colors are minerals .The pressure and heat causes the minerals in the rock to change into different minerals which cause the different colors in the rocks.
Do rocks and minerals ever change?
Yes, but (usually) slowly.
How does carbonic acid weather rocks?
Carbonic Acid can change the chemical composition of minerals and rocks.
What takes place when minerals in rocks combine with air and chemical weathering?
The oxygen in the air combines with the minerals and the rocks change because the minerals are oxidizing. Oxidation can cause new chemical compounds such as iron oxide to form in the rocks.
Do minerals combine to form rocks?
No, they get mixed up together. The chemical compostition of the minerals don't change.
Explain how carbonic acid weather rocks?
Carbonic Acid can change the chemical composition of minerals and rocks.
Which of these changes show a chemical change?
all rocks are made of minerals
How are minerals different from rocks?
Rocks contain minerals in them and minerals are just the minerals themselves.
How are rocks related to minerals?
Rocks are composed of one or more minerals.
