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Is slate a sedimentary rock igneous rock or a metamorphic rock?
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∙ 13y ago
Halite is recognized by the IMA as a valid mineral, not a rock. According to the website linked below, "Halite is an evaporative sedimentary rock composed primarily of the mineral halite (sodium chloride)."
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 14y agoHalite is a mineral that is formed from the evaporation of supersaturated solutions. Halite may be part of the mineral composition of evaporative sedimentary rocks, but is not classified as a sedimentary rock in an of itself.
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∙ 11y agohalite happens to be a igneous rock. It is made of lava.
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∙ 11y agoIt is a sedimentary (evaporite) mineral; the chemical fomula is NaCl.
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∙ 7y agoHalite is normally considered as a mineral rather than a rock. It is a form of sodium chloride (common salt), formed by the evaporation of water, so it is sedimentary.
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∙ 13y agoIt's a metamorphic rock
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∙ 14y agoSedimentary.
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∙ 10y agoShale is a sedimentary rock.
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∙ 13y agoMetamorphic Rock
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∙ 12y agoSedimentary rock
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Which of Slate Granite Shale or Pumice is classified as a sedimentary rock?
The answer is Shale. Slate is a metamorphic rock derived from shale, granite is an intrusive igneous rock, and pumice is a vesicular extrusive igneous rock.
What in no more than three sentences can you explain the rock cycle?
Igneous rock can change into sedimentary rock or into metamorphic rock. Sedimentary rock can change into metamorphic rock or into igneous rock. Metamorphic rock can change into igneous or sedimentary rock.
Is graphite igneous sedimentary or metamorphic?
Graphite is a mineral, not a rock that is classified as metamorphic, igneous or sedimentary.
What are three types of foliated rock?
Metamorphic rocks are catagorized into two main types: foliated and non-foliated. Three examples of foliated metamorphic rocks are gniess, slate and schist. Some non-foliated rocks include marble, amphibolite and quartzite. Generally, metamorphic rock, and the metamorphic processes can be divided into three categories: regional, contact, and cataclastic.
Is pumice igneous rock metamorphic rock or sedimentary rock?
Igneous Rock
How does sedimentary rock form to metamorphic rock?
Shale (a metamorphic rock) goes through heat and pressure than it turns into slate (a sedimentary rock)
Which of Slate Granite Shale or Pumice is classified as a sedimentary rock?
The answer is Shale. Slate is a metamorphic rock derived from shale, granite is an intrusive igneous rock, and pumice is a vesicular extrusive igneous rock.
What type of rocks cannot turn into sedimentary rocks?
No rock. Any rock can turn into sedimentary rock, such as granite (igneous rock) and slate (metamorphic rock). Even sedimentary rock can turn into other sedimentary rock.
What in no more than three sentences can you explain the rock cycle?
Igneous rock can change into sedimentary rock or into metamorphic rock. Sedimentary rock can change into metamorphic rock or into igneous rock. Metamorphic rock can change into igneous or sedimentary rock.
Is graphite igneous sedimentary or metamorphic?
Graphite is a mineral, not a rock that is classified as metamorphic, igneous or sedimentary.
What are volcanic igneous formations?
the cycle of the rock is that firstly it is igneous rock which is formed under a volcano, the it is sedimentary rock e.g. limestone then that transforms into metamorphic rock which is marble or slate.
Is a slate a igneous rock?
No, slate is a metamorphic rock that is formed by shale
What does slate change into when it is metamorphosed?
Many kinds of rocks both of igneous and sedimentary nature eg; Limestone (sedimentary ) to marble or granite or diorite (igneous) to gneiss.
Is gneiss an igneous metamorphic or sedimentary rock?
It is a Metamorphic rock
Is schist a sedimentary or igneous or metamorphic rock?
it is a metamorphic rock
Is a seashell an igneous sedimentary or metamorphic rock?
metamorphic rock
Is gneiss igneous metamorphic or sedimentary rock?
It is a Metamorphic rock
