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No. Chalk is a variant of limestone, composed primarily of calcite. It is a carbonate sedimentary rock. Shale is a laminated sedimentary rock composed of silt and clay sized particles of mostly silicate mainerals. It is a clastic sedimentary rock.
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What metamorphic rock does chalk turn into after heat and pressure?
it becomes a shale rock. There is no way that chalk, a form of limestone, can be metamorphosed into shale. It will like limestone change to marble.
What kind of sedimentary rocks are there?
There is Sandstone, Chalk, Coal, Limestone, and Shale.
What are the mineral products found in Jamaica?
quartz, bauxite, shale, limestone, chalk, gypsum,
What type of sedimentary rock is chalk clastic chemical or organic?
None of the above. Marble is a metamorphic rock.
Is sulfur the same thing as chalk?
No. Chalk is mostly calcium compounds.
What is similarities between shale and slate?
Slate and shale have the same make-up. Slate is formed from sedimentary shale by pressure and heat. Wet shale has the same smell that wet slate has.
What is the gender of chalk?
The word 'chalk' is a neuter noun, a word for a thing that has no gender.
Where can you find or buy small samples of sandstone limestone chalk and shale for testing?
You can purchase samples at a scientific supply house such as Ward's, online.
Do shale and mudstone have the same appearance?
Very similar, yes, but without the lamination that shale exhibits.
How do you chalk a softball field?
you get chalker and then you go and fill up the chalker with chalk then you go from home plate all the way down to the foul pole then you do the same thing for the third base side
Is the chalk you find in nature the same as the chalk that you use on the board?
Nature's chalk is limestone--hard. Blackboard chalk is soft--gypsum.
Is sidewalk chalk made out of the same things as blackboard chalk?
YEP!
