texture: foliated
gneiss has many properties depending on the type of gneiss it is but some common properties are fine or coarse grains, metamorphic "bands" on the rock, and it's composition which is feldspar,quartz, mica, and hornblende.
No, gneiss is metamorphic.
No. Gneiss is a metamorphic rock.
Gneiss is an example of a metamorphic rock.
Gneiss may come from either granite or schist.
A Gneiss is a Metamorphic rock
Granite is an igneous rock and gneiss is a metamorphic rock.
Gneiss is a banded metamorphic rock.
Gneiss is a metamorphic rock and its parent rock (protolith) could be a granite or schist.
Gneiss is a rock, not a mineral.
I am trying to find out what the other two types of rock besides gneiss form the Matterhorn. Gneiss is a metamorphic rock. That's a nice piece of gneiss!
A Gneiss rock is somewhat dark-greenish, depending on when it was made.