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Slate is formed by the effects of heat and pressure on the rocks shale or mudstone. The source of the heat and pressure is usually from depth of burial or tectonic plate collisions, where shale is put under tremendous directional pressure. The pressure causes an alignment of the constituent minerals in the shale, creating a foliated or platy texture, characteristic of certain metamorphic rocks.
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What temperature does slate form?
around 350 C
What rock can form in a contact metamorphic zone?
Slate
What rock formed when slate is exposed to more heat and pressure?
schists, but this can form from many other rocks than slate.
Can granite turn into slate?
No. . . .granite not turn into slate. . . .shale is turn into slate.
Is slate rock attracted to magnet?
will slate conduct eletricity
From which rock type does slate form?
The most usual protolith of slate is the sedimentary rock shale.
What is the plural of candidate?
The plural form of candidate is candidates.
What rock can form in a contact metamorphic zone?
Slate
Shales changed form?
Slate is metamorphosed shale.
What temperature does slate form?
around 350 C
What rock formed when slate is exposed to more heat and pressure?
schists, but this can form from many other rocks than slate.
What does shale form into once it is a metamorphic rock does it form into anything?
It tuns into slate when matamorphosed.
What words can you form from the word steal?
slate stale tales least
How are Slate caves are formed?
Caves do not form naturally in slate with the possible exception of sea-caves (and then would be inherently unstable) and shallow rock-shelters. Slate mines (entirely artificial) can be very extensive but these are man-made.
What is the of slate?
2691- Solid slate. 1290-1450- Broken slate. 1362- Pulverized slate. 2691- Solid slate. 1290-1450- Broken slate. 1362- Pulverized slate.
What is the mass of slate?
2691- Solid slate. 1290-1450- Broken slate. 1362- Pulverized slate. 2691- Solid slate. 1290-1450- Broken slate. 1362- Pulverized slate.
What happens to the slate if these condition increase?
The slate or slate changes into schist
