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Shale rocks turn into clay. The pressure make shale into clay.
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What is metamorphic shale?
The Shale is not a metamorphic rock it is a sedimentary 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 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.
What is the chemical formula for shale?
Shale is a rock not a chemical compound.
What is shale's shape?
Shale is a type of rock. A piece of shale is normally flat and thin like a small chalkboard.
Can basalt turn into shale?
yes But basalt is a volcanic rock and shale is a sedimentary rock. I think basalt cannot turn into shale.
What kind of rock does shale turn into?
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What metamorphic rock does shale and ganite turn into?
Shale and granite are sedimentary rocks. After thousands of years under pressure and heat, they can turn into phyllite rock.
What does shale turn into when its expossed to heat and pressure?
High pressure can cause the formation of the metamorphic rock slate from the sedimentary rock shale.
What is metamorphic shale?
The Shale is not a metamorphic rock it is a sedimentary rock.
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.
Under pressure shale may turn into slate this is an example of?
Rock metamorphism.
Is shale an organic rock?
No. Shale is a clastic rock.
What is the rock category of shale?
Shale is a sedimentary rock.
Is shale a sedimentary rock or a metamorphic rock?
shale is a sedimentary rock
Is shale a rock or mineral?
Shale is a clastic sedimentary rock
What sedimentary rock is formed from thin layer of clay compacted very tightly together?
This is Shale, a Sedimentary rock.
