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How are minerals formed in the soil?
weather rock, gravel ,sand, silt, clay .these are obtained from the parent material the rock from which the soil is derived
What rock is chert the parent rock of?
Nothing, Chert has a parent rock and is made of mostly fossils and silica. It is not a parent rock. It has a parent rock.
What does sandstone come from?
Basalt is an igneous rock and therefore, it does not have a parent rock or protolith. Metamorphic rocks are said to have parent rocks because they form by the deformation of other rocks through heat and pressure.
Clay and solid rock are in porosity?
clay and solid rock has porosity
What is the parent rock of phyllite?
Phyllite is a foliated metamorphic rock whose parent rock is slate.
How are minerals formed in the soil?
weather rock, gravel ,sand, silt, clay .these are obtained from the parent material the rock from which the soil is derived
Is a piece of clay pot a rock?
If clay is a rock
Is Clay Sediment from rock?
Clay is actually a description of sediment of a specific particle size. As such clay is not necessarily a rock. However when compacted and cemented clay forms claystone which is a sedimentary rock.
What rock is chert the parent rock of?
Nothing, Chert has a parent rock and is made of mostly fossils and silica. It is not a parent rock. It has a parent rock.
What does sandstone come from?
Basalt is an igneous rock and therefore, it does not have a parent rock or protolith. Metamorphic rocks are said to have parent rocks because they form by the deformation of other rocks through heat and pressure.
Clay and solid rock are in porosity?
clay and solid rock has porosity
Is dried clay classified as a rock?
A dried clay cannot be classified as a rock
Which type of rock is made mostly out of clay?
the type of rock made mostly from clay is the shale rock
What is limestones parent rock?
Limestone does not have a parent rock.
Is a clay pot a rock?
No, the clay was a rock but the pot, being artificially manufactured, is a ceramic. Similarly concrete is not a rock.
Where do the minerals (inorganic material) that form soil come from?
The inorganic part of soil is made up of particles of sand, silt, and clay. These inorganic components arise from weathered parent rock, over tens of thousands of years.
What is in weathered parent rock?
soil is in weathered parent rock
