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It is a folliated metamorphic rock.
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What is mica schist?
Mica schist is a metamorphic rock with a predominance of micaceous minerals.
Is schist the same as mica schist?
No. Mica schist is a schist with a preponderance of mica minerals. There are also chlorite schists, talc schist, and so on.
How do you mine mica?
Mica is a type of mineral that occurs as flakes, books, or sheets. It is mined. They are mined using techniques that extract mica from the metamorphic rock called schist, from placer deposits, and from pegmatites.
Is mica garnet and chloride in schist?
Schist has A LOT of mica in it
What rock is formed when mica is metamorphosed?
Mica is formed by chemicals combining their industrial forces with fresh water and turning into thin breakable sheet 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.
How is garnet mica formed?
A Mica Garnet schist is a metamorphic rock formed from a shale or a granitic mother rock when this is squashed and heated at death in the crust.
What is a Metamorphic rock containing minerals such as talc and mica and quartz or graphite called?
schist
Does schist contain diamond?
No, schist is a metamorphic rock type.
What type of rocks Schist?
Schist is a high-grade metamorphic rock.
Where are garnet schist rocks commonly found?
Garnet schist-- as well as mica schist--can be found anywhere where clay rock with some calcite content-- such as siltstone or a mudstone, for example-- can be compressed (via metamorphism) and consequently sqeezed into rock-like layers.
What do you use Mica Schist for?
For construction
