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Granite, or any other rock for that matter, can become metamorphic, sedimentary, or igneous at any time. If the granite is weathered and eroded by wind, water, etc. and the lithified (cemented), it becomes a sedimentary rock. If it melts within the Earth under extreme temperatures and then cools to a solid state, it is an igneous rock. Likewise, if the granite is exposed to extreme temperature and pressure, it can change back into a metamorphic rock. Like I said, these same processes hold true for any rock or mineral in what is known as the Rock Cycle.
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What group of rocks does granite belong to?
Granite is classified as an intrusive igneous rock.
Why does granite not change in the same way as limestone?
Granite and limestone are very different rocks. Granite is an igneous rock formed from magma. It contains many different types of minerals.
Groups of rocks in which granite belongs?
Granite belongs to the Igneous rock group, specifically within the category of intrusive igneous rocks. This means that granite is formed from the cooling and solidification of magma below the Earth's surface.
What are the most common rocks in North Carolina?
Some of the most common rocks in North Carolina include granite, gneiss, schist, and quartzite. These rocks can be found in various regions of the state, with granite being particularly abundant in the Piedmont region.
Why are metamorphic rocks often found near granite?
Intrusions of granite plutons change the surrounding rock through heat in a process known as contact metamorphism. Crustal collisions which may precipitate the melting of crustal material and its rise to the surface (and the creation of granite), also give rise to pressures and heat which can metamorphose other igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks in the surrounding area which is called regional metamorphism.
How do you change granite from sedimentary rocks to metamorphic rocks?
Gneiss is a foilated metamorphic rock.
How many types of granite rocks?
hoe many types of granite rocks are there
How are gneiss rocks different that granite rocks?
Gneiss rocks are products of metamorphism while granite rocks are derived from igneous activity.
What does granite rocks contain?
Granite ore, and magnesium peroxide
What group of rocks would granite be?
Granite is an igneous rock.
What kinds of rocks can be change into metamorphic rocks?
Many kinds of rocks both of igneous and sedimentary nature eg; Limestone (sedimentary ) to marble or granite or diorite (igneous) to gneiss.
What rocks is the texture of sandpaper granite shale sandstone marble?
granite
What can granite change into?
granite can change into gnies
Basalt and granite belong to which type of rocks?
Igneous rocks
What types of rocks are basalt and granite?
They are all igneous rocks.
What Igneous rocks can form?
granite and many other rocks
What type of rocks are pumice obsidian and granite?
Igneous rocks
