Phyllite is a metamorphic rock.
Phyllite is metamorphosed slate, which is also a metamorphic rock. Shale or mudstone is the protolith (parent rock) of slate.
Gneiss is a high grade metamorphic rock, the product of various rock types being exposed to intense pressures and heat under the surface of the Earth. Orthogneiss is a gneiss whose parent rock was igneous, and paragneiss is a gneiss whose parent rock was sedimentary.
Slate is the low-pressure, low-temperature metamorphic rock whose parent rock (protolith) was shale. Clay minerals which were present in the shale have started to change into mica, a platy mineral, which give slate its cleavability. Because the transformation of the clay minerals is not complete, slate generally appears dull in light. With exposure to higher temperatures and pressures, shale will become the metamorphic rock phyllite. In phyllite, the transformation of the clay minerals to nearly visible micas and other minerals is nearly complete, giving the rock a very shiny appearance. It may also appear wavy and foliated. With higher temperature and pressure, phyllite will become the metamorphic rock schist.
There are lots of types of metamorphic rock, some examples are:-MarbleSlateschistgneiss
Phyllite is a metamorphic rock.
Phyllite is a metamorphic rock.
Phyllite is a foliated metamorphic rock whose parent rock is slate.
The parent rock or protolith of phyllite is slate.
phyllite
Phyllite is metamorphosed slate, which is also a metamorphic rock. Shale or mudstone is the protolith (parent rock) of slate.
Phyllite.
Phyllite is a type of metamorphic rock that comes from adding heat, pressure, and/or chemically active fluids to slate. Slate is the parent, or originial, type of rock from which the phyllite forms. It could also be said that slate recrystallizes into phyllite. Slate is also a metamorphic rock that starts out as the sedimentary rock called shale. Therefore, phyllite comes from slate, which comes from shale. Phyllite is different from slate because it has been metamorphosed more. As a result, the straight lines/planes (called foliation) that slate breaks along, are absent in phyllite, which is distinctly wavy in appearance. If more metamorphism is applied to phyllite, it recrystallizes into schist.
Not a mineral but a rock. Schist comes asfter phyllite ut before gneiss.
Probably the metamorphic rock phyllite.
Phyllite can be used in construction as a decorative, shiny rock. It is used for counter and table tops, and for the facades of buildings.
Phyllite has a density of between 2.18 and 3.3, dry.