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Q: How old is the oldest metamorphic rocks?
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When old rocks are partially melted or squeezed what rocks are formed?

Metamorphic rocks


Where are the oldest fossil located?

The worlds oldest fossils were found in an ancient beach in Austrila, they are 3.4 billion years old and are fossils of cells. They have no bones and are mineralized spheres.


Is metamorphic rock the oldest type of rock?

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Are metamorphic rocks only formed by igneous rocks?

No. Metamorphic rocks can also from front sedimentary rocks and from other metamorphic rocks.


Are unakite rocks Sedimentary rocks Metamorphic rocks or Igneous rocks?

metamorphic


What rocks are formed from high temperature and pressures?

Igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks can be changed by high temperatures and pressure, and the resultant rock is called metamorphic, because its form has been changed.


Is metamorphic rocks made up of sedimentary rock igneous rock or other metamorphic rocks?

Metamorphic rocks


Are unakite rocks Metamorphic rocks or igneous rocks?

It is a type of Metamorphic rock


What part of the sedimentary of rock is the oldest?

Protolith is a term used to describe the parent rock of a metamorphic rock. Conglomerate is a sedimentary rock that can be composed of clasts of sedimentary, igneous, or metamorphic rocks, or any number of combinations of all.


Metamorphic rocks that don't have layers?

Sedimentary rocks have layers, not metamorphic rocks.


What are three types of rocks?

igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic


Rocks made when other rocks are subjected to intense pressure and heat?

metamorphic rock