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Is dolostone a mineral or a rock?
Dolostone is a rock. Dolomite is the mineral often composing dolostone.
How are dolostone and granite similar?
Dolostone and granite are similar because they are both intrusive igneous rocks. They are both used as structure for building materials. Granite is often used for countertops and building foundations. Dolostone is most often used in driveways.
What are the parent rocks of the metamorphic rock?
1. Marble ----- Limestone or dolostone 2. Gneiss ----- Granite or schist 3. Quartzite --- Sandstone 4. Schist ----- phyllite
Is dolomite a igneous or a sedimentary rock?
Dolostone is technically a sedimentary rock, although it's easy to understand why some might consider it to me metamorphic. In a shallow, tropical sea environment, such as the Caribbean Sea, Calcium Carbonate from shells and fish bones creates a layer of sediment, and since there is no sediment input from things like rivers, the Calcium Carbonate layer does not get mixed in with other types of sediment. Over time, this Calcium Carbonate is compressed into Limestone. Water can easily travel through Limestone, and if that water is rich in Magnesium, the Magnesium in the water will start to replace the Calcium in a process called diagenesis. Magnesium is smaller than Calcium, so empty bubbles called vugs form in the rock. Then new rock, which is made of Magnesium, Calcium, and Carbonate, is called Dolostone. Since the rock never changed due to heat and pressure, dolostone is not metamorphic, and since the rock was not made from lava or magma, it is definitely not igneous.
What type of rock forms when molten rock cools?
Rock that forms from molten rock that cools and solidifies is called igneous rock.
Is dolostone a mineral or a rock?
Dolostone is a rock. Dolomite is the mineral often composing dolostone.
Marble is what type of rock?
Marble is a non-foliated metamorphic rock derived from limestone or dolostone.
Dolostone is classified as which type of rock?
Chemically formed sedimentary rock
How are dolostone and granite similar?
Dolostone and granite are similar because they are both intrusive igneous rocks. They are both used as structure for building materials. Granite is often used for countertops and building foundations. Dolostone is most often used in driveways.
What rock does marble form from?
Lime stone or dolostone
Is a limestone made from precipitated calcite clastic?
No. Granite is igneous, formed from slow-cooling felsic magma.
Example of a sedimentary rock that changes into igneous rock?
When sedimentary rock such as breccia gets buried deep within the earth, it changes into metamorphic rock. Metamorphic rock then can be changed into magma and reintroduced as igneous rocks, such as rhyolite or granite.
Is marble igneous or sedimentary?
Marble is the metamorphosed result of limestone. Therefore, marble is metamorphic.
Dolostone and rock gypsum are formed by what process?
Evaporation and Precipitation
What type of rock is made into cement?
Limestone, dolostone and others.
Are gypsum and rock salt varieties of dolostone?
Rock salt and gypsum are not varieties of dolomite.
What are the parent rocks of the metamorphic rock?
1. Marble ----- Limestone or dolostone 2. Gneiss ----- Granite or schist 3. Quartzite --- Sandstone 4. Schist ----- phyllite
