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Silica sand would first lithify into sandstone. It could then undergo metamorphism through heat and pressure and form the metamorphic rock quartzite.
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What type of metamorphic rock is formed by sand?
Sand forms sedimentary rocks such as sandstone. Sandstone containing mostly quartz can form the metamorphic rock quartzite.
What does sand turn into when under high pressure and high temperature?
it will turn into the metamorphic rock, Quartzite
Are sand pebbles water and plaster mixed together an igneous metamorphic or sedimentary rock?
At this point they are none of the above. They are sediment. If lithified they will form sedimentary rock.
Which type of rock is formed from tiny particles of sand shells pebbles?
No, in order to be a metamorphic rock, it has to be a rock that undergoes extreme heat and pressure. What you're describing is the formation of a sedimentary rock called a limestone.
How are sedimentary metamorphic and igneous formed?
metamorphic - formed when igneous or sedimentary rocks are put under extreme heat and/or pressure. igneous - volcanic rock (comes from a volcano) sedimentary - particles of rock/sand/shells/clay etc. 'gathered' to make a rock.
What type of metamorphic rock is formed by sand?
Sand forms sedimentary rocks such as sandstone. Sandstone containing mostly quartz can form the metamorphic rock quartzite.
What happens when you melt a metamorphic rock?
it turns into sand
What is a common structure of metamorphic rock?
The common structure of a metamorphic rock is that there are several pieces of different types of minerals, sand, rock, or glass.
Which would be easier to carve a sedimentary or a metamorphic rock?
Sand stone are mostly made from a mineral called quartz.
What does sand turn into when under high pressure and high temperature?
it will turn into the metamorphic rock, Quartzite
Is sand a metamorphic?
No. Sandstone is sedimentary rock, where the individual grains of sand that compose the rock are visible without magnification. These individual grains of sand (sediment) have become compacted and cemented together in a process called lithification, forming a sedimentary rock.Metamorphic rock can be formed from virtually any parent rock (protolith) that has been subjected to heat and/or pressure, modifying its texture or mineral composition.Quartz sandstone, when metamorphosed, becomes the metamorphic rock 'quartzite'.
How does metamorphic turns to sedemantary?
Sedimentary rock is rock that has been worn away and turned into sediment such as sand. That sediment is then compacted together and turned into rock. So metamorphic rock wears away and compacts into sedimentary rock
Is sand stone a sedimentary a metamorphic or a igneous rock?
sandstone is a sedimentary rock because of the layers or lines you can see on it
What type of rock is sand stone?
Sandstone and limestone are both sedimentary rocks.
What was gneiss before it undertook heat and pressure?
A mixture of sand and clay, mudstone, metamorphose (process of changing from one type of rock into a metamorphic rock) into gneiss rocks or schist rocks. The mudstones would change under heat and pressure to make the new Metamorphic rocks.
Is sand a sedimentary rock or is lots of sand joined together a sedimentary rock?
Sand is composed of small loose particles of eroded rock of any type, but commonly it is particles of quartz from igneous or metamorphic rock. Each sand grain is actually a rock unto itself. Only when the sand grains are cemented together through a process known as lithification, do the sand grains become part of a new sedimentary rock.
Are sand pebbles water and plaster mixed together an igneous metamorphic or sedimentary rock?
At this point they are none of the above. They are sediment. If lithified they will form sedimentary rock.
