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This occurs through heat and pressure.
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Can granite turn into slate?
No. . . .granite not turn into slate. . . .shale is turn into slate.
Shale is a sedimentary rock that can be metamorphosed into slate by what?
Shale is a sedimentary rock that can be metamorphosed into slate by "increased pressure" and heating.
Is Slate formed from Granite?
The parent rock for slate is shale.
What is the parent rock of slate?
SHALE
What is the scientific name for shale?
slate
Is slate harder than shale?
No. Slate is harder. Slate is shale that has been heated and compressed.
What is an example of the metamorphic process of rock sandstone that is broken up into small pieces shale that is exposed to high temperature and pressure and turned to slate?
Shale that is exposed to high temperature and pressure and turned to slate is an example of the metamorphic process.
What is similarities between shale and slate?
Slate and shale have the same make-up. Slate is formed from sedimentary shale by pressure and heat. Wet shale has the same smell that wet slate has.
What rock is slate but in the past it was shale?
Shale is a sedimentaory rock, while Slate is a metamorphic rock. Generally the shale is metamorphosed into slate.
What is a metamorphic rock formed from a shale?
Slate. Slate is a low grade metamorphic rock derived from shale or mudstone.
Was slate once shale?
Slate is derived from it's parent rock, which is shale. Slate is a metamorphic rock that is composed of microcrystals.
Is slate a metamorphic rock which transforms from shale?
Slate is a metamorphic rock formed from the parent rock shale.
Can granite turn into slate?
No. . . .granite not turn into slate. . . .shale is turn into slate.
Shale is a sedimentary rock that can be metamorphosed into slate by what?
Shale is a sedimentary rock that can be metamorphosed into slate by "increased pressure" and heating.
Is a metamorpic rock formed from shale?
yes, it's slate. it goes from shale to slate to phyllite to mica schist.
What is metamorphic rock formed from shale?
Slate. Slate is a low grade metamorphic rock derived from shale or mudstone.
Slate is a denser version of?
Slate is metamorphosed shale or mudstone.
