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What has to happen for an igneous rock to change into a metamorphic rock?
The igneous rock can either: - Be formed as an intrusive igneous rock underground, and then get subducted (driven down) to a depth where the crystals are modified due to the heat or - form as an extrusive igneous rock above ground, get weathered and transported into the sea and included in the compaction of sediments, and then subducted and altered.
Can any rock become any other type of rock?
Yes. Metamorphic can be weathered away, end up in the ocean and become sedimentary. Sedimentary can end up in a volcano and become metamorphic. It can melt in a volcano and harden, thus becoming igneous. Then, igneous can also weather and get in the sea, just like metamorphic. Or, igneous can end up deep in the earth, where it gets squeezed into metamorphic. Hope that helped! :D
Is beryl igneous sedimentary or metamorphic?
Beryl is typically found in igneous and metamorphic rocks, with its formation most commonly associated with pegmatites in igneous rock formations. However, beryl can also be found in some sedimentary environments where it forms as a result of the erosion and re-deposition of beryl-bearing rocks.
Is the Twelve Apostles sedimentary rock metamorphic rock or igneous rock?
The Twelve Apostles are limestone sea stacks composed of sedimentary rock. They were formed over millions of years through the accumulation and compaction of marine sediment.
What are flavors that include igneous metamorphic sedimentary?
Some examples of flavors that include igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary elements are volcanic rock salt, which combines the mineral-rich properties of igneous rocks with a salty taste; slate-aged whiskey, which takes on unique flavors from the metamorphic rock it is aged on; and fossilized sea salt, which incorporates sedimentary elements from ancient oceans into its taste profile. These flavors showcase the diverse geological influences that can contribute to the complexity of food and beverage products.
If you found a rock with seashells in it would it be a sedimentary rock an igneous rock or a metamorphic rock?
It is definitely a sedimentary rock because you cannot find sea shells where metamorphic rocks are formed, nor can you find them in magma and lava. This is because metamorphic rocks are formed below the earths surface where the plates of the earth squash an existing rock even small to make it metamorphic, and igneous rocks are obviously formed in volcanoes where the heat and pressure would melt the fossil.
How many types of rock do we have?
There are two classifications of igneous rocks: extrusive, those formed on the surface, and intrusive, those formed underground. The most common igneous rock is basalt, followed by granite. Types of variations of these two alone are very high in number.
From the rock cycle describe the changes that an igneous rock could undergo?
As describe by the rock cycle, an igneous rock can undergo three types of changes. First, it can be weathered and then compacted into a sedimentary rock, such as obsidian weathered into shale. Next, an igneous rock can, through heat and pressure, be changed into a metamorphic rock. Granite, which is an igneous rock, can be metamorphosed into gneiss. Finally, an igneous rock can be be melted and then cooled into another igneous rock. For example granite, which results from relatively slow cooled magma in the Earth's crust, can be re-melted and rapidly cooled, turning it into obsidian.
What are two things that could happen to a metamorphic rock to continue the rock cycle?
Metamorphic rocks can melt into magma and then undergo cooling and crystallization to become an igneous rock. Or, they can undergo weathering and erosion into sediments and then lithify to become sedimentary rocks. +++ They can melt and become magma only if subducted - a process normally confined to the sea-floor plate.
What is the difference between metamorphic rock and igneous rock and sedimentary rocks?
metamorphic is rocks that have grown outside of a volcano, like that have cooled down... igneous is rocks that have grown inside a volcano (the faster is cools the smaller, the slower it cools the bigger)... and sedimentary is rocks that have been compacted down over many years, like under all the sand under the sea :)
How do rocks turn in to sedimentary rock through the rock cycle?
Limestone, from heat, can melt into magma. Mainly, it is weathered and eroded back into calcium carbonate solution in the sea, with its insoluble fraction left as the sediment from which it was created. Lastly, heat and pressure (contact metamorphism) can alter it into marble (a metamorphic rock).
How can igneous rock turn into metamorphic rock?
Its changes under ALOT of pressure As different layers get added onto it (underwater over thousands of years bones and dead animals lay the sea floor creating layers) After a few moew thousand years its under so much pressure that it becomes metamorphic rock. The next stage envolves it coming out of a volcano and the whole process starts over :)
