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Sandstone is formed of layers of eroded rock grains deposited in shallow seas. Under immense pressure, the grains eventually become sandstone. Sandstone comes in many colors. Red sandstone is colored by iron oxide.
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∙ 14y agoSandstone is usually the product of weathered quatz grains from granite that have been transported, deposited, compacted, and cemented.
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A sedimentary rock that is formed from sand deposits?
A type of sedimentary rock that is formed from compressed sand would be: Sandstone.
What is a sedementary rock formed from sand deposits?
Sandstone is formed from deposits of sand.
What is a type of sedimentary rock that is formed from compressed sand?
Compressed and cemented sand is called sandstone.
Rock formed by mud sand or clay?
Sandstone.
What sedimentary rock formed from sand deposits?
Sandstone.
Metamorphic rock formed from sandstone?
Quartzite is a metamorphic rock formed from sandstone.
A sedimentary rock that is formed from sand deposits?
A type of sedimentary rock that is formed from compressed sand would be: Sandstone.
What is a sedementary rock formed from sand deposits?
Sandstone is formed from deposits of sand.
What is the common name for sandstone?
The common name for sandstone - is sandstone. Sandstone is a sedimentary rock formed from grains of sand.
Sedimentary rock formed from sand?
Sedimentary rock formed from sand is called sandstone.
A metomorphic rock formed from sandstone?
quartzite
What was the original rock that formed quartzite?
sandstone
What the difference between sandstone and tuff?
Sandstone is a sedimentary rock formed when sand weathered from preexisting rock is cemented together. Tuff is an igneous rock formed from volcanic ash.
What metamorphic rock is formed sandstone?
Quartz sandstone, aka arenite, can form the metamorphic rock called quartzite.
What is a type of sedimentary rock that is formed from compressed sand?
Compressed and cemented sand is called sandstone.
Sandstone is a sedimentary rock because it is what?
formed underwater
Rock formed by mud sand or clay?
Sandstone.
