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How does a garnet form?
Garnets are formed inside metamorphic rock, which is rock that has been changed by some force. This force also helps to form the garnet, and usually involves heat or pressure.
What are the eight basic rock-forming minerals?
# Quarts # Feldspar # Mica # Pyroxine # Olivine # Amphibole # Calcite # Clay (eg Illite) # Garnet
How can you tell that diorite rock is an intrusive igneous rock?
because most intrusive igneous rock are found underground and diorite is found under the earth.
What does wind eroding rock deposit?
it deposits dust and other molecule found in the rock
Is there connection between where rock art was found ans where pottery was found?
NO
What kind of rock is garnet?
Garnet is a mineral most often found in high grade metamorphic rock.
What type of metamorphic rock is garnet found in?
schist
What rock would be the best source of the mineral garnet?
Garnet is a mineral, of the Al SiO3 community, with other contributions as well. Some times used as a minor gemstone. A cubic mineral, found often enough in metamorphosed rocks such as schist.
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.
Identify three minerals that are normally found with quartz in samples of andesite rock?
quartz garnet olivine
Is Garnet a rock?
yes
Is garnet a metamorphic rock sedimentary rock or igneous rock?
It's a mineral.
How is garnet is 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 rock forms deeper garnet or chlorite?
Garnet is indicative of deeper metamorphism than chlorite.
Is garnet a metemorphic rock yes or no?
yes
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 fragment of one kind of rock found within another kind of rock?
It is a xenolith.
