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Basalt is not a metamorphic rock but an igneous rock, usually dark-colored. It is the most common type of volcanic rock on Earth.
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∙ 14y agoNo. It is an Igneous Rock.
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What is basalt sedimentary ignous or metamorphic?
actually, it truly depends on the type of rock the metamorphic rock formed from. in other words, if it formed from a rock that held basalt in it, the rock has basalt in it. remember that a metamorphic rock can be formed by more than two different types of rock (such as metamorphic quartz, slate, "fool's gold", plus granite). it does not matter which class the metamorphic rock formed from (but if a m. rock such as m. quartz, there is more likely a chance of finding a trace of basalt), as long as it formed from two different class of rock (this does not always apply, for there can be a metamorphic rock made from two or more metamorphic rocks). i would get into geodes...... but that's another answer. :)
What rock group does gneiss belong?
Granite is an intrusive igneous rock, meaning it has solidified underground as opposed to solidification on the surface.
Is basalt metamorphic?
Yes. Basalt is an extrusive mafic igneous rock.
Which process changes ingeous rocks into metamorphic?
Answering "What process changes igneous rocks into metamorphic types?"Igneous rocks convert into metamorphic due to extreme pressure and heat, which can come from magma/lava or the movement of tectonic plates. For example, the igneous rock basalt eventually turns into the metamorphic rock granulite.
What type of rock are granite pumice and basalt?
Non-foliated metamorphic, organic sedimentary, and extrusive igneous, respectively.
Is basalt a igneous metamorphic or sedimentary rock?
Basalt is an extrusive igneous rock.
A metamorphic rock from basalt?
schist
What is basalt sedimentary ignous or metamorphic?
actually, it truly depends on the type of rock the metamorphic rock formed from. in other words, if it formed from a rock that held basalt in it, the rock has basalt in it. remember that a metamorphic rock can be formed by more than two different types of rock (such as metamorphic quartz, slate, "fool's gold", plus granite). it does not matter which class the metamorphic rock formed from (but if a m. rock such as m. quartz, there is more likely a chance of finding a trace of basalt), as long as it formed from two different class of rock (this does not always apply, for there can be a metamorphic rock made from two or more metamorphic rocks). i would get into geodes...... but that's another answer. :)
Basalt can change into what metamorphic rock?
Greenschist, blueschist, zeolite, granulite and eclogite high grade metamorphic rocks.
Metamorphic rock formed from basalt?
Schist
Is basalt igneous sedimentary metamorphic?
Basalt is an igneous rock . . . it is pretty much hardened lava.
What rock does basalt become after metamorphosis?
A metamorphic rock formed from Basalt is Schist. a.k.a. Green Schist
What kind of rock is NOT an example of metamorphic rock?
Alot of them. Basalt, Granite, sandstone, siltstone etc
What rock group does gneiss belong?
Granite is an intrusive igneous rock, meaning it has solidified underground as opposed to solidification on the surface.
A metamorphic rock formed from basalt?
Greenschist. It is schist
Basalt is pushed into the crust by subduction It will most likely become?
metamorphic rock
Is basalt metamorphic?
Yes. Basalt is an extrusive mafic igneous rock.
