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Phyllite is a foliated metamorphic rock whose parent rock is slate.
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What is the protolith of phyllite?
The parent rock or protolith of phyllite is slate.
What is the origin of phyllite?
Phyllite is a type of metamorphic rock that comes from adding heat, pressure, and/or chemically active fluids to slate. Slate is the parent, or originial, type of rock from which the phyllite forms. It could also be said that slate recrystallizes into phyllite. Slate is also a metamorphic rock that starts out as the sedimentary rock called shale. Therefore, phyllite comes from slate, which comes from shale. Phyllite is different from slate because it has been metamorphosed more. As a result, the straight lines/planes (called foliation) that slate breaks along, are absent in phyllite, which is distinctly wavy in appearance. If more metamorphism is applied to phyllite, it recrystallizes into schist.
What are the uses for phyllite?
Phyllite can be used in construction as a decorative, shiny rock. It is used for counter and table tops, and for the facades of buildings.
What is the hardness of pyroxene?
Phyllite has a density of between 2.18 and 3.3, dry.
What type of rock is phylite?
phyllite is a metamorphic rock somewhat like slate and schist
What is the protolith of phyllite?
The parent rock or protolith of phyllite is slate.
What does phyllite turn into?
Phyllite is metamorphosed slate, which is also a metamorphic rock. Shale or mudstone is the protolith (parent rock) of slate.
What is parent rock of Muscovite schist?
Gneiss is a high grade metamorphic rock, the product of various rock types being exposed to intense pressures and heat under the surface of the Earth. Orthogneiss is a gneiss whose parent rock was igneous, and paragneiss is a gneiss whose parent rock was sedimentary.
Is phyllite a mineral or a rock?
Phyllite is a metamorphic rock.
What is the crystalline structure of phyllite?
phyllite is a type of metasedimentary rock. The parent rock likely contained clays and/or micas, which have metamorphosed into micas and aligned due to pressure. This shiny surface is produced by the alignment of the minerals.
Is phyllite a mineral?
Phyllite is a metamorphic rock.
What is the origin of phyllite?
Phyllite is a type of metamorphic rock that comes from adding heat, pressure, and/or chemically active fluids to slate. Slate is the parent, or originial, type of rock from which the phyllite forms. It could also be said that slate recrystallizes into phyllite. Slate is also a metamorphic rock that starts out as the sedimentary rock called shale. Therefore, phyllite comes from slate, which comes from shale. Phyllite is different from slate because it has been metamorphosed more. As a result, the straight lines/planes (called foliation) that slate breaks along, are absent in phyllite, which is distinctly wavy in appearance. If more metamorphism is applied to phyllite, it recrystallizes into schist.
Rock that can change into schist?
Phyllite.
What is a mineral that is after phyllite and before gneiss?
Not a mineral but a rock. Schist comes asfter phyllite ut before gneiss.
What type of rock was the metamorphic rock schist formed from?
Probably the metamorphic rock phyllite.
What are the uses for phyllite?
Phyllite can be used in construction as a decorative, shiny rock. It is used for counter and table tops, and for the facades of buildings.
How is a slate different from a phyllite?
Slate is the low-pressure, low-temperature metamorphic rock whose parent rock (protolith) was shale. Clay minerals which were present in the shale have started to change into mica, a platy mineral, which give slate its cleavability. Because the transformation of the clay minerals is not complete, slate generally appears dull in light. With exposure to higher temperatures and pressures, shale will become the metamorphic rock phyllite. In phyllite, the transformation of the clay minerals to nearly visible micas and other minerals is nearly complete, giving the rock a very shiny appearance. It may also appear wavy and foliated. With higher temperature and pressure, phyllite will become the metamorphic rock schist.
