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Q: What is a coarse grained metamorphic rock?
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Do metamorphic rock and igneous rock have fine grained and coarse grained?

Yes. Exactly, they do have both, fine grained and coarse grained rocks.


Is quartzite rock fine grained course grained or medium grained?

Coarse


What type of igneous rock has a coarse-grained texture?

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How long it will take coarse grained rock to become fine grained rock?

The period of time involved in the rock cycle which would involve the transformation of a coarse grained rock into weathered, eroded, transported, deposited, and cemented fine-grained sedimentary particles would vary greatly. Suffice it to say the entire process would take many thousands-to-millions of years.


What is the difference between fine-grained and coarse-grained?

Fine grained has larger crystals and coarse grained has smaller crystals

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Is metamorphic rock rough or smooth?

Metamorphic rock can be coarse grained or fine grained.


What word describes a coarse grained banded metamorphic rock?

Gneiss, pronounced 'nice', is a coarse grained banded metamorphic rock.


Do metamorphic rock and igneous rock have fine grained and coarse grained?

Yes. Exactly, they do have both, fine grained and coarse grained rocks.


Is rock smooth or rough?

Metamorphic rock can be coarse grained or fine grained.


Like a coarse-grained banded metamorphic rock?

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Is limestone coarse grained or fine grained?

Fine grained rock exhibits a non-visible or nearly non-visible crystalline structure on a fractured surface. On the opposite end, a coarse grained rock exhibits mineral crystals of the rock's constituents on a fractured surface. The larger the crystals, the coarser grained is the rock. Basalt would be an example of a fine grained rock. Granite would be an example of a coarse grained rock.


What is meaning the grain of the rock?

fine grained or coarse grained


Is diorite a coarse grained rock?

Diorite is a medium grained rock.


Name a coarse grained igneous rock with no pyroxene?

Granite is a coarse grained igneous rock without Pyroxene.


Is Peridotite fine or coarse grained?

A peridotite is a dense, coarse-grained igneous rock


Is gneiss smooth and shiny?

Gneiss is a foliated metamorphic rock, displaying bands of light and dark minerals.


What is the cooling rate of a coarse grained igneous rock?

Coarse grained igneous rock is formed from the slow cooling of magma.