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No. Sandstone is usually weaker than quartzite.
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because it's grains aren't interlocking
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Would you expect a quartzite or a sandstone to break more easily?
a sandstone would break more easily because a quartzite is harder. a quartzite is made of sandstone melted together by magma
Would you expect quartzite or sandstone to break more easily?
Sandstone
Why would sandstone break more easily than quartzite?
In quartzite the grains are essentially welded together under pressure, which holds them together much more strongly than the fairly weak cementation in sandstone.
Which is more easily broken in a contest between the two rocks quartzite and sandstone?
Sandstone. Whereas sandstone relies on cementing minerals of various types to hold it together, quartzite is held together by an interlocking mosaic of mostly recrystallized quartz , making it one tough rock.
How does sandstone gets converted to quartzite?
Quartzite is the metamorphic product of sandstone. During metamorphism, intense heat and/or pressure cause the quartz grains contained in the sandstone grow and recrystallize, interlocking together creating Quartzite.
How would you put the word sandstone in a sentence?
Sandstone is more easily eroded than lava.
Why is quartzite very hard and more resistent than its parent rock?
Quartzite is a nonfoliated metamorphic rock that formed by the metamorphism of pure quartz sandstone. The intense heat and pressure of metamorphism causes the quartz grains to compact and become tightly intergrown with each other, resulting in very hard and dense quartzite. I found this on Minerals Education Coalition
How does the granite of a mountain change first into a sandstone into a quartzite?
The forces of the mountain building slowly pushed the granite upward. This formed a mountain. Water and wind slowly wore the granite away. The sand remaining was carried by streams to the ocean. Over millions of years layers of sediment piled up on the ocean floor and changed to sandstone. Sandstone is a Sedimentary rock. Over time, the sandstone became deeply buried. Heat and pressure changed the sandstone to quartzite, a metamorphic rock. I got this from my science homework. :)
What types of rock weather more easily?
Two of them are chalk and sandstone.
What are two rocks in the metamorphic rock group?
My son studied this in his 5th grade science class. Sandstone, limestone, shale, quartzite are just a few. I confirmed in Wikipedia where many more are listed.
Why are metamorphic rocks very hard and resistant to wear?
quartzite is made from quartz. in the case of metamorphic rocks, quartzite is made from regional metamorphism. in the process of regional metamorphism, pressure is applied making the rock hard and dense.
How does gneiss differ from the rock it was formed?
They are both metamorphic rocks. One difference is the rocks they are formed from. Gneiss is formed from Feldspar and Quartz. Gneiss can also contain muscovite, biotite and hornblende. Quartzite is formed from sandstone. Also Gneiss is more intensely foliated than Quartzite. This can be seen in the bands formed in Gneiss, while quartzite has no bands. Pure quartzite is white, while Gneiss is grey or pink, with dark streaks.
