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The Shale is not a metamorphic rock it is a sedimentary rock.
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∙ 12y agoAns ; shale itself a sedimentary rock, posses fissility caused when it (mud rock) subjected to pressure.
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∙ 10y agoShale is a siliciclastic sedimentary rock.
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∙ 10y agoNo. Shale is a clastic sedimentary rock.
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∙ 13y agoshale is a sedimentary rock
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∙ 10y agoMetamorphosed shale is called slate.
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What type of rock is slate?
A metamorphic rock.
What rock is slate but in the past it was shale?
Shale is a sedimentaory rock, while Slate is a metamorphic rock. Generally the shale is metamorphosed into slate.
What is shale after heat and pressure?
Slate is the metamorphic rock that forms from shale after it is exposed to heat and pressure for a llllloooooonnnnnnnggggg time.
What is used to turn shale into slate?
Shale (a sedimentary rock) transforms naturally into slate (a metamorphic rock) after millions of years of burial deep in the crust under high temperature and pressure. It it not possible to artificially transform shale into slate.
Was slate once shale?
Slate is derived from it's parent rock, which is shale. Slate is a metamorphic rock that is composed of microcrystals.
What is a metamorphic rock formed from a shale?
Slate. Slate is a low grade metamorphic rock derived from shale or mudstone.
What type of metamorphic rock does shale form?
shale
Is slate a metamorphic rock which transforms from shale?
Slate is a metamorphic rock formed from the parent rock shale.
Which of the following is NOT an example of metamorphic rock marble gneiss slate shale?
Shale is a sedimentary rock, not a metamorphic rock.
What is metamorphic rock formed from shale?
Slate. Slate is a low grade metamorphic rock derived from shale or mudstone.
Is shale a sedimentary rock or a metamorphic rock?
shale is a sedimentary rock
What is a metamorphic formed from shale?
Slate
What kind of rock is formed from the metamorphic of shale?
The first metamorphic rock to form from shale is slate. With further metamorphosis you get phyllite, then schist, then gneiss.
What sequences describes the metamorphic changes in a shale with increasing metamorphic grade?
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What are some names metamorphic rocks?
shale
What metamorphic rock is water proof?
Shale
What metamorphic rock is made from clay?
Clays lithify into shale. Shale metamorphoses into slate.
