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What is parent rock of Muscovite schist?
Gneiss is a high grade metamorphic rock, the product of various rock types being exposed to intense pressures and heat under the surface of the Earth. Orthogneiss is a gneiss whose parent rock was igneous, and paragneiss is a gneiss whose parent rock was sedimentary.
What is the origin of a gneiss rock?
Gneiss is a metamorphic rock and its parent rock (protolith) could be a granite or schist.
What are four examples of metamorphic rock?
Slate, hornfels, schist, gneiss.
What makes mudstone change to become slate?
The process is called Metamorphosis of Rocks. When the slate goes under the conditions of high pressure and heat it changes to schist or gneiss. Type of slate decide whether it gonna be schist or gneiss.
What is a common metamorphic rock?
there are many, look at this link:What_are_some_examples_of_metamorphic_rocks
What are two common types of metamorphic rock?
shale slate gneiss
Is slate and gneiss the same thing?
No, but slate and gneiss are both a type of metamorphic rock. Slate will also turn into Gneiss, eventually, if metamorphosing continues. The series is Shale (sedimentary) >> Slate (metamorphic) >> Phyllite >> Schist >> Gneiss
What ia a meamorphic rock?
slate, marble and gneiss
What is a kind of foliated metamorphic rock?
Slate
What is parent rock of Muscovite schist?
Gneiss is a high grade metamorphic rock, the product of various rock types being exposed to intense pressures and heat under the surface of the Earth. Orthogneiss is a gneiss whose parent rock was igneous, and paragneiss is a gneiss whose parent rock was sedimentary.
Why is gneiss in earths surface?
Gneiss is a metamorphic rock that is formed when heat and pressure is applied to an igneous or sedimentary rock. The old rock does not melt completely but reorganizes it's minerals to form banks of foliation giving it the light/dark bands. Gneiss is formed when you have a parent rock that is rich in silica. Since most of the continental crust is silica rich, gneiss it a common rock. It is the highest grade of metamorphic rock in the metamorphic sequence. The sequence goes like this: slate - schist - phyllite - rock.
What is the origin of a gneiss rock?
Gneiss is a metamorphic rock and its parent rock (protolith) could be a granite or schist.
What are four examples of metamorphic rock?
Slate, hornfels, schist, gneiss.
Can you describe the 4 rocks formed by metamorphic grade which are Slate Phyllite Schist and Gneiss?
Four rocks formed by metamorphic grade are slate, phyllite, schist and gneiss. Slate and pnyllite are low grade; schist is a medium grade; and gneiss is a high grade rock.
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 rock does granite form from heat and pressure?
The ONLY rock that Granite forms is the metamorphic rock Gneiss. Granite is the parent rock of Gneiss.
Granite is an example of?
Slate and gneiss are examples of metamorphic rock.
