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Quartzite is a metamorphic rock whose parent rock is sandstone.
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What sedimentary rock may become quartzite?
Quartzite is a metamorphic form of sandstone.
What does quartzite form from?
Quartzite is a metamorphic rock. It forms when sandstone is subjected to heat and pressure.
After quartz sandstone has recrystallized what is the name of the new rock?
It would be classified as the metamorphic rock quartzite.
Is quartzite foliated or nonfoliated?
Quartz is a mineral, not a rock that neither does or does not exhibit foliation (a banding, layering, or alignment of minerals that presents itself in some metamorphic rocks). Quartzite, a rock made almost entirely of quartz, is a non-foliated metamorphic rock.
Which type of rock is quartz?
Quartz is a silicate mineral (SiO2). igneous A+
Metamorphic rock formed from sandstone?
Quartzite is a metamorphic rock formed from sandstone.
Is quartzite an igneous rock?
Quartzite is a metamorphic rock.
What does quartzite morph into?
It doesn't. Granite is an igneous rock, not metamorphic. However, quartzite is metamorphic and is made from sandstone.
Which metamorphic rock had a nonfoliated texture?
Quartzite
What type of rock is the quartzite rock?
metamorphic
What does sand turn into when under high pressure and high temperature?
it will turn into the metamorphic rock, Quartzite
What is a good metamorphic rock?
Quartzite.
Which rock is an example of a non-foliated metamorphic rock?
Quartzite, marble, and metabasalt are non-foliated metamorphic rocks..................................... i like dots
What rock comes from quartzite in the rock cycle?
Quartzite comes under the metamorphic section of rocks.
What sedimentary rock may become quartzite?
Quartzite is a metamorphic form of sandstone.
What is the metamorpic rock for sandstone?
Quartzite is the metamorphic rock for sandstone.
What sedimentary rock will become the metamorphic rock quartzite?
sandstone
