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Explain how the minerals in a piece of granite become part of a sedimentary rock?
SummerGal1998
If the granite becomes exposed to the surface, it will weather. This means that the granite will be broken into successively smaller and smaller pieces. At some point, the particles are transported via wind or water to a place of deposition such as a large body of water. These particles, known as sediment, are eventually compacted by the weight of additional sediments, and undergo a process of lithification where water and air is squeezed out and replaced by a cementing mineral. The sediments of granite particles have now become a sedimentary rock, probably shale, sandstone, breccia, or conglomerate.
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Does igneous rock have to become sedimentary rock before it can become metamorphic rock?
No. It can change directly into metamorphic rock due to heat and pressure. For example, granite turning into gneiss.
What must happen to an igneous rock before it can become a sedimentary or metamorphic rock?
To become a sedimentary rock, an igneous rock must first be weathered, and then eroded, and then deposited as a sediment, and then consolidated (e.g. by cementation or pressure welding of grains.) To become a metamorphic rock it must be transformed by heat and pressure, which it can do directly (e.g. granite turning into gneiss) or after first turning into a sedimentary rock.
What rocks don't contain minerals?
most rocks from what i know contain minerals especially sedimentary rocks. and don't all rocks eventually become sedimentary rocks so really don't they all contain minerals to some extent :) hope it helped (by the way i am only a gcse student)
What happens to a fossil in a sedimentary rock when that rock becomes a metamorphic rock?
It will become misshapen or its constituent minerals may realign, recrystallize or form new minerals. In any event, the most likely occurrence is that the fossil will no longer be recognizable.
What rocks can Granite change into?
Granite, or any other rock for that matter, can become metamorphic, sedimentary, or igneous at any time. If the granite is weathered and eroded by wind, water, etc. and the lithified (cemented), it becomes a sedimentary rock. If it melts within the Earth under extreme temperatures and then cools to a solid state, it is an igneous rock. Likewise, if the granite is exposed to extreme temperature and pressure, it can change back into a metamorphic rock. Like I said, these same processes hold true for any rock or mineral in what is known as the Rock Cycle.
If Granite is uplifted by the movement of tectonic plates what will it become?
sedimentary rock
When granite is weathered and eroded what rock does it become?
Sedimentary rock, it first forms tallus
How does granite turn into sedimentary rock?
Granite becomes exposed, is weathered into small particles, erodes from transportation by water, ice, wind, and gravity, is deposited in still waters or in dunes, and is compressed and cemented into sedimentary rock. This is one example of a path it could take in the rock cycle. There are others.
What sedimentary rock does granite turn into?
Gneiss turns into granite. Though it comes from shale."GNEISS can turn to migmatite and then totally recrystallize into granite."
What would have to happen to granite for it to become a sedimentary rock?
It would have to be weathered & the fragments cemented together.
Dissolved minerals separate from water and become a natural what that binds the sedimentary rock together?
cement
Can igneous rock become metamorphic rock without first becoming sedimentary rock?
Yes. A prime example is that granite can undergo metamorphism and become gneiss.
Does igneous rock have to become sedimentary rock before it can become metamorphic rock?
No. It can change directly into metamorphic rock due to heat and pressure. For example, granite turning into gneiss.
How long does it take for a diamond to become a sedimentary rock?
Although diamonds could become part of a formation of conglomerate, which is a sedimentary rock, diamond cannot become a rock because diamond is a mineral, whereas a rock has to be composed of two or more minerals.
When granite melts and then solidifies it become?
It would become an igneous rock. What type of igneous rock would depend on what it mixed with while molten, and if it solidified at or under the surface.
What is compaction in geology?
Compaction is one process leading to the formation of sedimentary rock by the pressing weight of overlying layers of sediment. Compaction leads to the formation of sedimentary rock by squeezing out air and fluids that exist between sediment particles. As the particles become closer and closer together and the fluids are removed, the particles can become cemented together by minerals that were in the fluids.
What must happen to an igneous rock before it can become a sedimentary or metamorphic rock?
To become a sedimentary rock, an igneous rock must first be weathered, and then eroded, and then deposited as a sediment, and then consolidated (e.g. by cementation or pressure welding of grains.) To become a metamorphic rock it must be transformed by heat and pressure, which it can do directly (e.g. granite turning into gneiss) or after first turning into a sedimentary rock.
