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The rock type which results from metamorphosed shale is?
Shale can metamorphose into slate, which can metamorphose into phyllite, which can metamorphose into schist, which can metamorphose into gneiss.
Is slate harder than shale?
No. Slate is harder. Slate is shale that has been heated and compressed.
What does sedimentary rock become when it is metamorphosed?
It becomes a metamorphic rock. Sandstone can metamorphose into quartzite. Limestone can metamorphose into marble. Shale can metamorphose into slate.
What is a metamorphic rock formed from a 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.
The rock type which results from metamorphosed shale is?
Shale can metamorphose into slate, which can metamorphose into phyllite, which can metamorphose into schist, which can metamorphose into gneiss.
Rocks formed from shale?
Shale can metamorphose through heat and pressure into slate.
Does clay turn into limestone or marble?
Clays would become shale, then metamorphose into slate with heat and pressure.
Is slate harder than shale?
No. Slate is harder. Slate is shale that has been heated and compressed.
What does sedimentary rock become when it is metamorphosed?
It becomes a metamorphic rock. Sandstone can metamorphose into quartzite. Limestone can metamorphose into marble. Shale can metamorphose into slate.
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.
What type of metamorphism did shale go through to become slate?
To metamorphose shale into slate you require a regional metamorphic environment which reaches temperatures of between 400-600oC and pressures of between 3-4 Kilo-bars (a burial depth of about 18 Km). The name of this sort of metamorphism is 'greenschist facies' with a 'Barovian' mechanism.
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.
