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.
No, igneous rock can undergo metamorphism without becoming sedimentary rock first. Metamorphism can occur in any rock type (igneous, sedimentary, or metamorphic) when exposed to high temperature and pressure, leading to the formation of new minerals and textures.
Sedimentary rock can become metamorphic rock under intense heat and pressure. The heat and pressure do not change the rock's chemical composition, but do change its physical properties like hardness, texture, and structure.
Yes, sedimentary rock can undergo metamorphism to become metamorphic rock over millions of years due to high temperatures and pressures deep within the Earth's crust. This process can cause the minerals in the sedimentary rock to recrystallize and form new minerals, resulting in a metamorphic rock with a different texture and mineral composition.
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.
When granite is subjected to heat and pressure, it undergoes a process called metamorphism and can transform into a metamorphic rock called gneiss. The mineral composition and texture of the granite change during this process, resulting in a foliated texture and alignment of minerals in the gneiss.
Granite typically weathers and erodes into smaller pieces and ultimately changes into sedimentary rock, often forming sandstone or clay minerals through the process of sedimentation and lithification.
sedimentary rock
Granite is an igneous rock formed from the cooling of molten magma. It does not directly turn into a sedimentary rock through metamorphism. Instead, it can be weathered and eroded to form sediment, which may then become sedimentary rock through compaction and cementation processes.
It would have to be weathered & the fragments cemented together.
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.
No, igneous rock can undergo metamorphism without becoming sedimentary rock first. Metamorphism can occur in any rock type (igneous, sedimentary, or metamorphic) when exposed to high temperature and pressure, leading to the formation of new minerals and textures.
Yes. A prime example is that granite can undergo metamorphism and become gneiss.
Cement. Minerals can cement sediment particles together to form solid rock through a process called cementation in sedimentary rocks.
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.
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.
Sedimentary rock can become metamorphic rock under intense heat and pressure. The heat and pressure do not change the rock's chemical composition, but do change its physical properties like hardness, texture, and structure.
Yes, sedimentary rock can undergo metamorphism to become metamorphic rock over millions of years due to high temperatures and pressures deep within the Earth's crust. This process can cause the minerals in the sedimentary rock to recrystallize and form new minerals, resulting in a metamorphic rock with a different texture and mineral composition.