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Yes. Basalt is an extrusive mafic igneous rock.
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∙ 11y agoBasaltic oceanic bedrock is classified as mafic, higher in magnesium and iron than is continental crust.
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∙ 7y agoNo. Basalt is an extrusive igneous rock.
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∙ 9y agoNo. Basalt is mafic.
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∙ 11y agoYes.
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Is basalt foliated or non foliated?
Niether. Foliation is a characteristic of metamorphic rocks. Basalt is igneous.
Is basalt a metamorphic rock?
Basalt is not a metamorphic rock but an igneous rock, usually dark-colored. It is the most common type of volcanic rock on Earth.
What is basalt sedimentary ignous or metamorphic?
actually, it truly depends on the type of rock the metamorphic rock formed from. in other words, if it formed from a rock that held basalt in it, the rock has basalt in it. remember that a metamorphic rock can be formed by more than two different types of rock (such as metamorphic quartz, slate, "fool's gold", plus granite). it does not matter which class the metamorphic rock formed from (but if a m. rock such as m. quartz, there is more likely a chance of finding a trace of basalt), as long as it formed from two different class of rock (this does not always apply, for there can be a metamorphic rock made from two or more metamorphic rocks). i would get into geodes...... but that's another answer. :)
Is basalt foliated?
Basalt is not foliated. Foliated is a term used to describe the layering seen in metamorphic rocks such as slate and schists.
What rock group does gneiss belong?
Granite is an intrusive igneous rock, meaning it has solidified underground as opposed to solidification on the surface.
A metamorphic rock from basalt?
schist
Is basalt a igneous metamorphic or sedimentary rock?
Basalt is an extrusive igneous rock.
Basalt can change into what metamorphic rock?
Greenschist, blueschist, zeolite, granulite and eclogite high grade metamorphic rocks.
Metamorphic rock formed from basalt?
Schist
Is basalt foliated or non foliated?
Niether. Foliation is a characteristic of metamorphic rocks. Basalt is igneous.
Is basalt igneous sedimentary metamorphic?
Basalt is an igneous rock . . . it is pretty much hardened lava.
Is basalt a metamorphic rock?
Basalt is not a metamorphic rock but an igneous rock, usually dark-colored. It is the most common type of volcanic rock on Earth.
What is basalt sedimentary ignous or metamorphic?
actually, it truly depends on the type of rock the metamorphic rock formed from. in other words, if it formed from a rock that held basalt in it, the rock has basalt in it. remember that a metamorphic rock can be formed by more than two different types of rock (such as metamorphic quartz, slate, "fool's gold", plus granite). it does not matter which class the metamorphic rock formed from (but if a m. rock such as m. quartz, there is more likely a chance of finding a trace of basalt), as long as it formed from two different class of rock (this does not always apply, for there can be a metamorphic rock made from two or more metamorphic rocks). i would get into geodes...... but that's another answer. :)
Is basalt foliated?
Basalt is not foliated. Foliated is a term used to describe the layering seen in metamorphic rocks such as slate and schists.
Sandstone and basalt are changed by heat and pressure to form?
metamorphic rocks
A metamorphic rock formed from basalt?
Greenschist. It is schist
Basalt is pushed into the crust by subduction It will most likely become?
metamorphic rock
