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What changes a rock's composition?
Chemical Changes
What is the process that changes the characteristics of a rock?
Weathering and erosion would alter the shape of a rock, as would the application of stress possibly combined with high(er) temperature conditions.
What kind of weathering causes mineral composition of rock to change?
Chemical weathering
How does (prograde) occur?
In general, the changes in mineral assemblage and mineral composition that occur during burial and heating are referred to as prograde metamorphism.
What changes composition of rock?
I believe you are looking for the word "metamorphism".
What is a rock mineral?
It is a mineral or a number of minerals which are part of the composition of rock.
The mineral composition of the oceanic crust is similar to the composition of what rock?
It is most similar to the composition of the rock basalt.
What changes a rock's composition?
Chemical Changes
What is the process that changes the characteristics of a rock?
Weathering and erosion would alter the shape of a rock, as would the application of stress possibly combined with high(er) temperature conditions.
What is the process in which a mineral changes composition during metamorphism's called?
recrystallization
Are scoria and rhyolite the same in mineral composition?
Rhyolite is a rock type that is categorized by mineral composition. Scoria is a textural rock type. Like, Rhyolite can be smooth, or it can be scoria (sharper, bumpier, lots of vesicles).Think of it as a rock adjective.
What type of weathering that does not change the mineral composition of a rock?
Chemical Weathering
What is the most useful physical property when classifying a rock?
Its mineral composition.
What is the chemical make up or mineral content a rock is made of?
Each rock has a different composition.
What is the mineral composition of an intermediate igneous rock?
felsic and something else i do not remember the second one.
What is process called when a mineral changes composition during metamorphism known as?
recrystalllization
What takes place when the composition of the rock changes?
it undergoes transformation into another rock.
