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No. Sandstone is sedimentary rock, where the individual grains of sand that compose the rock are visible without magnification. These individual grains of sand (sediment) have become compacted and cemented together in a process called lithification, forming a sedimentary rock.
Metamorphic rock can be formed from virtually any parent rock (protolith) that has been subjected to heat and/or pressure, modifying its texture or mineral composition.
Quartz sandstone, when metamorphosed, becomes the metamorphic rock 'quartzite'.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 12y agoNo, sandstone is a sedimentary rock, that's why when you look at sandstone you can see defined layers of it, that is sediment that settles and is compressed over many years! Metamorphic rock comes from volcanoes!
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∙ 11y agoSand stone is not a metamorphic rock. It is a sedimentary rock. Marble is a metamorphic rock. Metamorphic rocks are formed by the changes / ageing occuring in either sedimentary or igneous rocks.
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∙ 13y agosandstone is a sedimentary rock formed when small particles of sediment compact together to form a rock.
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∙ 9y agoNo. Sand is sediment; it can be derived from any of the three main classes of rock.
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∙ 11y agoNo,
sandstone is a sedimentary rock.
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What was gneiss before it undertook heat and pressure?
A mixture of sand and clay, mudstone, metamorphose (process of changing from one type of rock into a metamorphic rock) into gneiss rocks or schist rocks. The mudstones would change under heat and pressure to make the new Metamorphic rocks.
Are pearls sedimentary igneous or metamorphic?
Pearls are formed within the soft tissue of mollusks, and start as a grain of sand. The mollusk concretes thin layers of calcium carbonate over the grain of sand. Therefore, a pearl would be considered sedimentary.
What type of rock is sand stone?
Sandstone and limestone are both sedimentary rocks.
Is sandstone igneous or sedimentary or metamorphic?
Sandstone is a sedimentary rock which is made up of sand grains which have been compressed to form a rock that has very weak bonds holding the grains together. The grains themselves can be igneous, sedimentary or metamorphic depending on which rock the grains were eroded from.
Is concrete metamorphic or sedimentary rock?
Concrete is neither; it is a mixture of cement (which is made of various ingredients including limestone, gypsum and ash) and aggregates (stones and sand), set with water.
What sand stone is heated and pressed?
Metamorphic
What type of metamorphic rock is formed by sand?
Sand forms sedimentary rocks such as sandstone. Sandstone containing mostly quartz can form the metamorphic rock quartzite.
What happens when you melt a metamorphic rock?
it turns into sand
What type of metamorphic rock would be produced by sand?
Silica sand would first lithify into sandstone. It could then undergo metamorphism through heat and pressure and form the metamorphic rock quartzite.
What kinds of rocks did the sand come from at Great Sand Dunes?
Sedimentary rocks and metamorphic rocks of sedimentary origin.
What is a common structure of metamorphic rock?
The common structure of a metamorphic rock is that there are several pieces of different types of minerals, sand, rock, or glass.
What does sand turn into when under high pressure and high temperature?
it will turn into the metamorphic rock, Quartzite
Is sand stone a sedimentary a metamorphic or a igneous rock?
sandstone is a sedimentary rock because of the layers or lines you can see on it
Which would be easier to carve a sedimentary or a metamorphic rock?
Sand stone are mostly made from a mineral called quartz.
How does metamorphic turns to sedemantary?
Sedimentary rock is rock that has been worn away and turned into sediment such as sand. That sediment is then compacted together and turned into rock. So metamorphic rock wears away and compacts into sedimentary rock
Can rocks and minerals change?
Sure. They can be broken down to form sand. Under intense heat and pressure, they can change to metamorphic rock.
Is sand a sedimentary rock or is lots of sand joined together a sedimentary rock?
Sand is composed of small loose particles of eroded rock of any type, but commonly it is particles of quartz from igneous or metamorphic rock. Each sand grain is actually a rock unto itself. Only when the sand grains are cemented together through a process known as lithification, do the sand grains become part of a new sedimentary rock.
