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If a mass of granite is in contact with a layer of sandstone that contains small pieces of the granite which rock is older?
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A layer of sandstone is in contact with a mass of granite The granite contains small pieces of the sandstone Which rock is older?
The Granite
Does sandstone consist mostly of pieces of seashell?
Limestone
Explain how pieces of granite and slate could found in the same piece of conglomerate?
Conglomerate is a sedimentary rock that is composed of sever host rocks. These host rocks could be from very different environments, and from very far away. That is how you get two very different rocks within one conglomerate. the heat smelts them together
Is granite gneiss marble limestone shale or basalt an igneous rock?
These are sedimentary rocks. Sandstone is made of compressed grains of rock and sand. Shale is made of compressed bits of mud and clay. Limestone is made of compressed pieces of forms of calcium carbonate.
How would you recognize granite?
A. Rock has sparkly or alternating color layers that are bent or folded. B. Rock has layers and smaller pieces of rock in it. It also has fossils in it. C. Rock has holes in it, and it has a glassy appearance. D. Rock contains mineral crystals that have grown together.
A layer of sandstone is in contact with a mass of granite The granite contains small pieces of the sandstone Which rock is older?
The Granite
If a layer of sandstone is in contact with a mass of granite that contains small pieces of the sandstone which rock is older?
granite is older, Granite goes back more than 300 mya to the Ancestral Rockies or the first Rocky Mountains-Fountain Formation
This rock consists of lithified pieces of quartz that are the final results of the weathering of granite?
Sandstone.
Does sandstone consist mostly of pieces of seashell?
Limestone
Is sandstone or flint harder?
sandstone is not harder than flint because sandstone breaks in to smaller pieces.
How can you tell that sandstone is older than a basalt layer?
If the sandstone is below the basalt layer, it is older. Though caution is advised, to make sure it is really a basalt layer and not an intrusion of gabbro. Other indicators that the sandstone is older is evidence of alteration to the sandstone where the two meet (called a "baked contact") and pieces of sandstone being found in the the basalt.
Explain how pieces of granite and slate could found in the same piece of conglomerate?
Conglomerate is a sedimentary rock that is composed of sever host rocks. These host rocks could be from very different environments, and from very far away. That is how you get two very different rocks within one conglomerate. the heat smelts them together
Helen placed fresh pieces of granite marble and sandstone in beakers of dilute sulphuric acid. Only the marble reacted with the acid. Only the marble reacted with the acid. Use Helen and results t?
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Is granite gneiss marble limestone shale or basalt an igneous rock?
These are sedimentary rocks. Sandstone is made of compressed grains of rock and sand. Shale is made of compressed bits of mud and clay. Limestone is made of compressed pieces of forms of calcium carbonate.
What type of rock is a sandstone and what is it made up of?
Sandstone is a sedimentary rock and it is made of smaller pieces of rock and is pressed together
What happens to am igneous rock when it is turned to sedimentary rock?
it is ground up into little pieces then glued back together, usually with pieces of different rocks mixes in. I have a nice sample of this that is layered: sandstone, pebble conglomerate, sandstone.
How would the granite and slate pieces be held together?
by cement
