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What kind of rock breaks apart easily has layers and little round pebbles in it?
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Difference between schistose foliation and gneiss-to foliation?
A schistose foliation would be found in a metamorphic rock with a large amount of micaceous minerals, creating a flaky texturing with easily cleavable layers. Gneiss is more coarse in texture, not as easily cleavable along planes, and contains less micaceous minerals.
What is the stress that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks?
The force that squeezes a rock until it folds or breaks is called compression. When enough stress builds up in a rock, the rock can break, and create a fault.
What type of rock breaks easiest?
divergent.
What is the process that breaks up rock on earths surface?
weathering breaks rocks on earths surface
What type of rock is flaky and breaks easily?
mica
What is a flaky form of metamorphic rock?
Schist
What kind of rock breaks apart easily has layers and little round pebbles in it?
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What basic part does weathering play in the erosion?
It breaks rock into smaller pieces that are more easily moved by the agents of erosion.
What basic part does weathering play in the erosion process.?
It breaks rock into smaller pieces that are more easily moved by the agents of erosion.
What is schistose foliation?
Having a thin, flaky structure like the rock schist.
What are the pink spots found on a rock?
If the rock is granite, the pink spots are probably feldspar. Look for colorless spots and black shiny flaky spots, these will be quartz and mica, which are the other components of granite. Pink spots on a flaky, shiny, micacaeous grey or black rock might be garnets in mica schist.
Does a rock become smooth when it breaks?
it depends on how it actually breaks
What is the solid form of water that breaks rock?
The Solid Form of Water that breaks rock is called "ice".
Difference between schistose foliation and gneiss-to foliation?
A schistose foliation would be found in a metamorphic rock with a large amount of micaceous minerals, creating a flaky texturing with easily cleavable layers. Gneiss is more coarse in texture, not as easily cleavable along planes, and contains less micaceous minerals.
Is limestone a type of silica?
No, it is not flaky . it is calcium carbonate , a sedimentary rock. it's made of shells of animals.
How can water erode materials?
Water seeps into cracks and breaks apart the rock or water rubs the side of the rock that is exposed and breaks off pieces of the rock.
