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Slate is derived from it's parent rock, which is shale. Slate is a metamorphic rock that is composed of microcrystals.

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Is slate harder than shale?

No. Slate is harder. Slate is shale that has been heated and compressed.


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 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 a metamorphic rock formed from a shale?

Slate. Slate is a low grade metamorphic rock derived from shale or mudstone.


What does shale form into once it is a metamorphic rock does it form into anything?

It tuns into slate when matamorphosed.


What rock was once shale?

Shale is a sedimentary rock that can transform into other types of rock through the process of metamorphism. Under heat and pressure, shale can turn into slate, while further metamorphism can result in the formation of phyllite, schist, and gneiss.


Is slate a metamorphic rock which transforms from shale?

Slate is a metamorphic rock formed from the parent rock shale.


Can granite turn into slate?

No. . . .granite not turn into slate. . . .shale is turn into slate.


Shale is a sedimentary rock that can be metamorphosed into slate by what?

Shale is a sedimentary rock that can be metamorphosed into slate by "increased pressure" and heating.


Is a metamorpic rock formed from shale?

yes, it's slate. it goes from shale to slate to phyllite to mica schist.


What is metamorphic rock formed from shale?

Slate. Slate is a low grade metamorphic rock derived from shale or mudstone.


Is Slate formed from Granite?

The parent rock for slate is shale.