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Neither. Gneiss is a foliated metamorphic rock whose immediate rock ancestor was either schist or a form of granite. Limestone and sandstone are both sedimentary rocks.
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What is the protolith of a quartzite?
Quartzite--sandstone. Marble--limestone. Slate--shale. Gneiss--basalt or granite.
What metamorphic is equivalent to Granite?
Metamorphosed sandstone may become quartzite and limestone may become marble.
What turns sandstone into gneiss?
Heat and Pressure
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 lithology is expected in the shoal areas - sandstone or limestone?
Sandstone. Limestone is of deeper water formation.
What are Canada's most common rock?
Granite, Gneiss and then the sedimentary rocks like Sandstone and Limestone.
Are talc gneiss sandstone quartz slate limestone parts of the moon?
No, certainly limestone could not occur as a lunar material as they are biological products. The others too are a result of terrestrial geological processes - sandstone, slate, gneiss - that have not occurred on the moon. However it is possible that the minerals talc (unlikely) and quarts (very likley) would be present in lunar rocks.
What forms gneiss?
Gneiss metamorphosed from shale, sandstone, granite and conglomerate.
What is the protolith of a quartzite?
Quartzite--sandstone. Marble--limestone. Slate--shale. Gneiss--basalt or granite.
What metamorphic is equivalent to Granite?
Metamorphosed sandstone may become quartzite and limestone may become marble.
What turns sandstone into gneiss?
Heat and Pressure
Which turn sandstone into gneiss?
heat and volcanos
How does metamorphism change sandstone?
Sandstone can metamorphose into quartzite.
Is the Colosseum made up of sandstone or limestone?
It is made up of limestone not sandstone
Where is sandstone and limestone located and why is oil found there?
limestone and sandstone are found under ground and oil is there to
What type of lithology is expected in the shoal areas - sandstone or limestone?
Sandstone. Limestone is of deeper water formation.
Which does not belong shale limestone sandstone or basalt?
Basalt. Shale, Sandstone, and Limestone are all sedimentary rocks
