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A metamorphic rock formed from coal?

Anthracite is a metamorphic rock formed from coal. Through heat and pressure, coal is transformed into anthracite, which is a hard, dark rock with high carbon content. It has a lustrous appearance and is often used as a fuel source.


Metamorphic rock formed from coal?

anthracite


What rock is formed when conglomerate is transformed to metamorphic rock?

It is called metaconglomerate.


How can a rock be transformed into a metamorphic rock?

Rock can be changed into metamorphic rock by heat and pressure.


What rock is formed when limestone is transformed to a metamorphic rock?

Marble, or sometimes schist.


What rock was Diamond transformed before being a metamorphic rock?

Diamond is a mineral form of carbon. It is not a metamorphic rock, but a mineral formed from extreme heat and pressure.


What is rock formrd by heat or pressure?

Rock formed by heat and pressure becomes transformed and altered, such rock is called Metamorphic Rock.


Is anthracite an igneous metamorphic or sedimentary?

Anthracite is a metamorphic rock. Anthracite is formed when an organic sedimentary rock - coal - is compressed and heated in the ground.


What is a very hard rock that burns with a high heat and smoke a metamorphic rock formed from coal?

The rock you are referring to is anthracite coal, which is a type of metamorphic rock formed from coal with a high carbon content. Anthracite coal burns with a high heat and produces little smoke due to its high carbon content and low volatile matter.


Is coal a metamorphic rock?

Coal when subject to mild metamorphism turns into Anthracite, in which the carbon content is between 92% and 98%. If squeezed and heated still further, the coal will transform into graphite and of cause if the taken to extremes diamond will be produced, but that would require the coal to be taken deep into the earth's mantle.


How can any rock be transformed into metamorphic rock?

Heat and pressure transform rock to metamorphic rock.


A rock is formed from the remains of living organisms What type of rock could it be?

this would be organic sedimentary