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Is phyllite a mineral or a rock?
Phyllite is a metamorphic rock.
What does phyllite turn into?
Phyllite is metamorphosed slate, which is also a metamorphic rock. Shale or mudstone is the protolith (parent rock) of slate.
What is the luster of rock salt?
The luster of rock salt is Vitreous (glassy)
What is the Igneous rock luster?
It depends on the rock.
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 physical description of phyllite?
Phyllite is a foliated metamorphic rock. It's cleavage resembles that of slate. It is often distinguished from slate because it has shiny metallic luster. Phyllite also has very fine grains.
Is phyllite a mineral or a rock?
Phyllite is a metamorphic rock.
Is phyllite a mineral?
Phyllite is a metamorphic rock.
What is the parent rock of phyllite?
Phyllite is a foliated metamorphic rock whose parent rock is slate.
What is the protolith of phyllite?
The parent rock or protolith of phyllite is slate.
What does phyllite turn into?
Phyllite is metamorphosed slate, which is also a metamorphic rock. Shale or mudstone is the protolith (parent rock) of slate.
Rock that can change into schist?
Phyllite.
What is rock luster?
Rock Luster is the streak a rock makes.
What is the origin of phyllite?
Phyllite is a type of metamorphic rock that comes from adding heat, pressure, and/or chemically active fluids to slate. Slate is the parent, or originial, type of rock from which the phyllite forms. It could also be said that slate recrystallizes into phyllite. Slate is also a metamorphic rock that starts out as the sedimentary rock called shale. Therefore, phyllite comes from slate, which comes from shale. Phyllite is different from slate because it has been metamorphosed more. As a result, the straight lines/planes (called foliation) that slate breaks along, are absent in phyllite, which is distinctly wavy in appearance. If more metamorphism is applied to phyllite, it recrystallizes into schist.
What is the difference between schist and phyllite?
Texture and metamorphic grade. Schist has visible crystals, while phyllite has crystals too small to be seen with the eye or barely seen. This is a result of schist having higher grade metamorphism.
What is a mineral that is after phyllite and before gneiss?
Not a mineral but a rock. Schist comes asfter phyllite ut before gneiss.
What type of rock was the metamorphic rock schist formed from?
Probably the metamorphic rock phyllite.
