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no slate is an igneous rock
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Is a slate a igneous rock?
No, slate is a metamorphic rock that is formed by shale
Which of Slate Granite Shale or Pumice is classified as a sedimentary rock?
The answer is Shale. Slate is a metamorphic rock derived from shale, granite is an intrusive igneous rock, and pumice is a vesicular extrusive igneous rock.
Granite is an example of?
Slate and gneiss are examples of metamorphic rock.
What is a common parent rock for slate and gneiss?
Igneous
What does slate become when it becomes a igneous rock?
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.
What does slate change into when it is metamorphosed?
Many kinds of rocks both of igneous and sedimentary nature eg; Limestone (sedimentary ) to marble or granite or diorite (igneous) to gneiss.
What are volcanic igneous formations?
the cycle of the rock is that firstly it is igneous rock which is formed under a volcano, the it is sedimentary rock e.g. limestone then that transforms into metamorphic rock which is marble or slate.
What in no more than three sentences can you explain the rock cycle?
Igneous rock can change into sedimentary rock or into metamorphic rock. Sedimentary rock can change into metamorphic rock or into igneous rock. Metamorphic rock can change into igneous or sedimentary rock.
What is a rock that forms when melted form cools and hardens?
igneous
Can high pressure can change an igneous rock into a sedimentary rock?
No, high pressure alone cannot change an igneous rock into sedimentary rock; however, the reverse is true. High pressure can change sedimentary rock into igneous rock.
What can an igneous rock be changed into?
An igneous rock can change into a metamorphic rock with heat or pressure.
How can a piece of granite change into a igneous rock?
Granite already is an igneous rock.
