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What sedimantary rock turns into soapstone

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How was soapstone ridge formed?

Soapstone ridge was formed through the geological process of regional metamorphism. The original rock, typically shale or other sedimentary rock, underwent intense pressure and heat deep within the Earth's crust, causing the minerals within the rock to recrystallize and form soapstone. Over time, uplift and erosion exposed the soapstone ridge to the surface.


A soft metamorphic rock composed of the mineral talc?

The rock you are referring to is talc, which is a soft metamorphic rock composed mainly of the mineral talc. Talc is known for its greasy or soapy feel and is commonly used in cosmetics and as a lubricant.


What changes are involved when mud from a lake bottom turns into a sedimentary rock then into a metamorphic rock?

When mud from a lake bottom turns into a sedimentary rock, it undergoes compaction and cementation. To transform into a metamorphic rock, the sedimentary rock experiences heat and pressure deep within the Earth's crust, causing recrystallization and mineral changes. This process alters the sedimentary rock's original texture, structure, and mineral composition.


Rock type that is formed when sediment is lithified?

Sedimentary rock can be formed from lithified sediments.


How ingneous rock can turn into sedimentary rock?

Igneous Rock turns into a Sedimentary Rock using Weathering and Erosion. Weathering breaks down the rock into small sediments. Erosion takes the rock and send the sediments into another location, where they are deposited and then consolidated to form a sedimentary rock.

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What rock turns into soapstone?

sandstone


Is soapstone a igneous or a sedimentary or a metamorphic rock?

True soapstone is a metamorphic rock. It is essentially talc, and is very soft. Commonly met as dressmakers chalk, or the equivalent use in mechanical engineering for marking steel, etc.


When sedimentary rock melts what does it become?

It turns into a metamorphic rock.


How do heat and pressure change sedimentary rock?

A metamorphic rock is formed when sedimentary rock is subjected to heat and pressure!


How was soapstone ridge formed?

Soapstone ridge was formed through the geological process of regional metamorphism. The original rock, typically shale or other sedimentary rock, underwent intense pressure and heat deep within the Earth's crust, causing the minerals within the rock to recrystallize and form soapstone. Over time, uplift and erosion exposed the soapstone ridge to the surface.


What type of rock does limestone become when it turns into metamorphic rock?

Limestone is a sedimentary rock but due to metamorphosis it turns to Marble, a metamorphic rock.


How can a metamorphic rock turn into sedimentary rock and then back to metamorphic?

metamorphic rock melts turns into lava,lava cools turns into igneous rock,igneous rock is weathered and eroded into sediment,sediment turns into sedimentary rocksedimentary rock gets heated and squeezed forms metamorphic rockcycle continues.......


How does sedimentary rock form to metamorphic rock?

Shale (a metamorphic rock) goes through heat and pressure than it turns into slate (a sedimentary rock)


What sedimentary rock turns into the igneous rock basalt?

None. Basalt is formed by the rapid cooling of mafic (silica-poor) magma. It is not formed from sedimentary rock.


What is the parent rock of soapstone?

The parent rock of soapstone is typically serpentine. Soapstone forms when talc, a soft mineral, replaces the magnesium in the parent rock serpentine through a process called metasomatism.


A soft metamorphic rock composed of the mineral talc?

The rock you are referring to is talc, which is a soft metamorphic rock composed mainly of the mineral talc. Talc is known for its greasy or soapy feel and is commonly used in cosmetics and as a lubricant.


What changes are involved when mud from a lake bottom turns into a sedimentary rock then into a metamorphic rock?

When mud from a lake bottom turns into a sedimentary rock, it undergoes compaction and cementation. To transform into a metamorphic rock, the sedimentary rock experiences heat and pressure deep within the Earth's crust, causing recrystallization and mineral changes. This process alters the sedimentary rock's original texture, structure, and mineral composition.