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Sandstone is a sedimentary rock

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The Igneous rock Sandstone can turn into which rock that can be a sedimentary rock?

Sandstone is sedimentary itself.


Can sandstone be classified as an igneous rock?

No, sandstone is a sedimentary rock.


Is sandstone an igneous rock?

No. Sandstone is a sedimentary rock, composed of cemented grains of sand-sized sediment particles. Igneous rock is formed from the cooling of magma or lava.


Is red and pale sandstone an igneous rock?

No. Sandstone is a sedimentary rock, regardless of its color.


Is quartzite sedimentary or igneous?

Neither. Quartzite is metamorphosed quartz sandstone, and is therefore a metamorphic rock.


Are sandstone igenous rocks?

Sandstone is not an igneous rock; it is a coarse-grained, sedimentary rock composed mostly of quartz.


Is sand stone a sedimentary a metamorphic or a igneous rock?

sandstone is a sedimentary rock because of the layers or lines you can see on it


Is sandstone igneous or sedimentary or metamorphic?

Sandstone is a sedimentary rock which is made up of sand grains which have been compressed to form a rock that has very weak bonds holding the grains together. The grains themselves can be igneous, sedimentary or metamorphic depending on which rock the grains were eroded from.


What is the odd one out of granite basalt sandstone?

Sandstone is the odd one out as it is a sedimentary rock, as opposed to granite and basalt which are respectively felsic and mafic igneous rocks.


Is obsidian rock metamorphic rock sedimentary or igneous?

Obsidian is an extrusive igneous rock, formed from rapidly cooling lava.


What igneous rock forms sandstone?

the igneous rock that forms sandstone is halite this is because when the sea water evaporates it produces halite and the by-product of the production of halite is red stained sand stone.


What type of rock is a sandstone?

sedimentary rock