How does granite rock change to gniess?

Anonymous

∙ 17y ago

Updated: 8/17/2019

When emplaced granite is subjected to pressures and temperatures from mountain building processes due to tectonic plate movements, the component minerals are essentially realigned perpendicularly to the direction of the stress.

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∙ 17y ago

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What is gniess made of?

gniess is made of granite

How does granite form into gniess?

Granite must be exposed to tremendous heat and pressures in order to transform into the metamorphic rock gneiss.

What does granite form into?

Granite turns into Gniess.

Which type of change take place when granite turns into gniess?

answer is ( b ) on work paper :) for mr. werwart

How can a piece of granite change into a igneous rock?

Granite already is an igneous rock.

Gniess and slate are what kind of rock?

Metamorphic.

How does the rock granite change to the rock gneiss?

Heat and pressure

What start the change from an igneous rock to a sedimentary rock?

By heatpreasure and granite

What is the texture of the rock gniess?

Gneiss is generally coarse-grained.

Is gniess foliated?

Yes. Gneiss is a foliated metamorphic rock.

Is gniess a mineral or a sedimentary igneous metamorphic rock?

metamorphic

Why gniess glitters?

because of the minerals that are mixed in with the gniess during the rock cycle(probably at the igneous stage) reflect light off of themselves