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Burial of sediment does not make igneous rock.

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Are volcanic rocks sedimentary?

No. Volcanic rocks are igneous (although not all igneous rocks are volcanic). Sedimentary rocks are made of sediment naturally cemented together. However, volcanic (or extrusive igneous) rocks can be eroded into sediment, which can be cemented, compacted, or otherwise become sedimentary rock such as sandstone or conglomerate. It is then not considered igneous.


How does a igneous rock become a sedimentary rock?

The igneous rock gets weathered into sediment by wind, water, and ices. The sediment is deposited in a basin and buried. The pressure of burial and the heat inside Earth turns that sediment into stone.


How can a igneous rocks change into a sedimentary rock?

Sedimentary rocks can change to igneous rock when it goes through the rock cycle so a sediment can move to igneous rock where there is a volcanic activity happens making the the sediment get heat and pressure that makes igneous rock.So when you do the rock cycle you can go from igneous rock to a metamorphic rock.


One of two ways that sedimentary and igneous rocks can be changed into metamorphic rocks?

Sedimentary rocks can be changed into metamorphic rocks through heat and pressure, typically from tectonic forces or deep burial. Igneous rocks can also be metamorphosed through increased temperature and pressure, causing mineral recrystallization and the development of new textures and structures.


In the rock cycle what is formed when igneous rocks weather?

Sediment


What do igneous rocks that undergo weather and erosion become?

Igneous rocks that undergo weathering and erosion can break down into sediment. This sediment can then be transported and deposited, eventually forming sedimentary rocks through the process of compaction and cementation.


What are two possible fates for a igneous rock?

Two of the most common fates of igneous rocks are to become sediment (and later sedimentary rocks) or to become metamorphic rocks.


Can sedimentary rocks and igneous rocks change into metamorphic rocks?

By them being boroken down (sediment) then exposed to great pressure.


Where sediment come from?

Sediments come from the erosion of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks.


How do igneous rocks from into a sedimentary rock?

Igneous rocks can weather and erode over time, breaking down into smaller sediment particles. These particles can then be transported by water, wind, or ice, and eventually settle and accumulate in layers. Through compaction and cementation, these layers of sediment can harden into sedimentary rocks.


What is a sentence with igneous sedimentary and metamorphic?

Igneous, sedimentaty and metamorphic are all types of rocks. You would just write sentences to describe each, like "Igneous rocks come from volcanoes" and "Sedimentary rocks come from sediment."


Is a Ruby a Igneous rock or a Sediment?

Ruby is a variety of the mineral corundum, and is not classified as sedimentary, igneous, or metamorphic in the manner of rocks.