A banded metamorphic rock formed from the re-heating and re-pressuring of granite and similar igneous rocks.
A Gneiss is a Metamorphic rock
Gneiss is foliated.
Gneiss is foliated and coarse grained
Gneiss is a rock, not a mineral.
No, gneiss is metamorphic.
Gneiss is a part of the earths lower crust. No matter where you drill you will eventually uncover gneiss.
No. Phyllite can metamorphose into schist and then into gneiss.
Yes, gneiss will split with a hammer.
No. Gneiss is a metamorphic rock.
No. Gneiss has alternating light and dark bands.
I am trying to find out what the other two types of rock besides gneiss form the Matterhorn. Gneiss is a metamorphic rock. That's a nice piece of gneiss!
Gneiss can be formed by the metamrphism of either granite or schist.