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Yes, a number of rocks are derived from clay minerals, including mudstones and shales.
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Is coal organic matter?
Coal is a rock derived from organic processes.
What does melleability mean in science?
Malleability means that the shape of the solid is able to be changed easily. For example, a piece of clay would be malleable, but a rock would not.
Is clay and polymer clay the same?
Hope this helped! No....Polymer Clay and Reg. Clay are not the same. For One Polymer Clay can be 'cured' in your home oven where other clay need either air to dry them or a High Fire Kilm.
Why is aluminium called silver from clay?
because it looks like clay and is silver
Why does a fresh water lake turn turquoise?
Rock flour, or glacial flour, consists of clay-sized particles of rock, generated by glacial erosion or by artificial grinding to a similar size. Because the material is very small, it is suspended in river water making the water appear cloudy. If the river flows into a glacial lake, the lake may appear turquoise in color as a result. Examples of this are Lake Louise and Peyto Lake in Canada and Gjende lake in Norway. [edit]Formation Natural rock flour is typically formed during glacial migration, where the glacier grinds against rock beneath it, but is also produced by freeze thaw, where the act of water freezing and expanding in cracks helps break up rock formations. Although clay-sized, its particles are not clay minerals but typically ground up quartz and feldspar. Rock flour is carried out from the system via meltwater streams, where the particles travel in suspension. Rock flour particles can travel great distances either suspended in water or by the wind, in the latter case forming deposits called loess. EXTRACT from Wikipedia under ROCK FLOUR definition.
Is it possible that a rock could be derived from clay?
Yes.
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 it possible for rock to be formed from clay particles?
Yes. Compaction and cementation of clay minerals can result in the formation of shale and claystone.
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.
Clay and solid rock are in porosity?
clay and solid rock has porosity
What is a wack?
A wacke is a variety of soft, earthy, dark-coloured rock or clay derived from the alteration of basalt.
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
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.
What is the difference between clay and shale?
THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT CLAY IS MOIST, SOFT, AND SMOOTH. SHALE IS rock of fissile or laminated structure .
What is shales made up of?
Yes. It is made out if clay. The difference between just clay and shale is that the shale consists of compacted clay. Because of compaction, the clay particles (which are flaky) tend to align themselves resulting in varying degrees of fissility. If shale is even more compacted, it will turn into a slate, which is no longer a sedimentary but a metamorphic rock.
