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Q: Granite shale coal and limestone are commonly known as?
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What is Granite shale coal and limestone are commonly known as?

rocks


What are some common rock on the surface of the earth?

Shale, sandstone, limestone, basalt, and granite are fairly commonly exposed on the surface of the Earth.


What are 4 common rocks?

Sandstone, limestone, granite and shale.


What Are Some Of The Name Of Stones?

Granite, Limestone, Shale, Bedrock, Basalt, Igneous, Pumice


Which two kinds of adjoining bedrock would most likely have a zone of contact metamorphism between them?

shale and sandstone


Which rocks are metamorphic rocks?

Marble (metamorphosed limestone) Slate (metamorphosed shale) Gneiss (metamorphosed granite)


What can granite and shale form under heated pressure?

Some shale becomes limestone and some changes into coal depending on what minerals are in them. --http://library.thinkquest.org/05aug/00461/shale.htm


What is the protolith of a quartzite?

Quartzite--sandstone. Marble--limestone. Slate--shale. Gneiss--basalt or granite.


Is granite gneiss marble limestone shale or basalt an igneous rock?

These are sedimentary rocks. Sandstone is made of compressed grains of rock and sand. Shale is made of compressed bits of mud and clay. Limestone is made of compressed pieces of forms of calcium carbonate.


What happened between the formation of Columbia limestone and the marden creek shale?

the creek dried up and made shale, then what could of happened is it made a layer of shale and later limestone formed and made a layer of limestone on top of shale


Which does not belong shale limestone sandstone or basalt?

Basalt. Shale, Sandstone, and Limestone are all sedimentary rocks


What is the difference of basalt and shale?

I know that limestone reacts to acid and shale does not. Also Limestone is Chemical sedimentary rock while Shale is Detrail(Spell?)