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Extreme heat and pressure.
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What types of bedrock are dissolved most easily by running water?
Limestone and Marble Limestone and Marble
What does limestone metamorphoses into?
Limestone metamorphoses into marble.
What mineral group contains limestone dolomite and marble?
== Limestone, dolomite and marble are carbonate rocks.
Limestone is the parent rock of this?
Limestone is the parent rock of marble. The word marble can be used to refer to both metamorphosed and unmetamorphosed limestone.
Into what rock does limestone metamorphose?
When limestone changes, in most commonly forms marble.
Can sandstone turn in to marble?
No. Limestone turns into marble, not sandstone.
What are facts about the marble rock?
Marble rock starts out as limestone. It undergoes heat and pressure. That turns it to marble.
What type of rock does limestone become when it turns into metamorphic rock?
Limestone is a sedimentary rock but due to metamorphosis it turns to Marble, a metamorphic rock.
How do tremendous pressure and high temperature affect limestone?
The limestone turns into marble because of the tremendous pressures and high temperatures.
What happens when limestone is put under heat and pressure?
It could recrystallize and form marble, under specific conditions of heat and pressure.
Is limestone a marble?
Marble is metamorphosed limestone.
What types of bedrock are dissolved most easily by running water?
Limestone and Marble Limestone and Marble
A metamorphic rock made from limestone?
Marble is the metamorphic rock formed from limestone. =)
Is marble the same as limestone?
Marble is made from limestone.
How are limestone and marble related?
Marble is metamorphosed limestone or dolostone.
Why are the textures and weight different from limestone and marble?
limestone is hardened by marble
Where does marble rock come from?
Marble is metamorphosed limestone or dolomite, and is predominately calcitic in composition. Marble usually forms from regional metamorphism associated with plate collisions.
