Gneiss typically has low porosity, usually ranging from about 1% to 5%. This is due to its metamorphic nature, characterized by tightly interlocking mineral grains that result from high pressure and temperature conditions. The low porosity means that gneiss generally has limited capacity to hold water or other fluids compared to more porous rocks like sandstone or limestone.
Gabbro has a very rough texture (referred to as coarse or phaneritic) .
Gneiss usually consists of visible crystals of aligned mineral assemblages.
Yes, you can. Gneiss is quite similar to granite.
The texture defines the gneiss. If it varies, it's not gneiss. I'm studying the same thing! -8th Grader! :D
Gneiss typically has low porosity, usually ranging from about 1% to 5%. This is due to its metamorphic nature, characterized by tightly interlocking mineral grains that result from high pressure and temperature conditions. The low porosity means that gneiss generally has limited capacity to hold water or other fluids compared to more porous rocks like sandstone or limestone.
Gabbro has a very rough texture (referred to as coarse or phaneritic) .
big particles=low porosity small particles=high porosity
A Gneiss is a Metamorphic rock
Gneiss is foliated.
No, gneiss is metamorphic.
Gneiss is foliated and coarse grained
Gneiss is a rock, not a mineral.
Gneiss is a part of the earths lower crust. No matter where you drill you will eventually uncover gneiss.
No. Gneiss has alternating light and dark bands.
No. Phyllite can metamorphose into schist and then into gneiss.
No. Gneiss is a metamorphic rock.