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What is difference between oil shale rock and a rock?
Oil shale rock contains organic material that generates oil when heated, while regular rock does not. Oil shale rock also has a higher organic carbon content compared to regular rock.
What is a metamorphic rock formed from a shale?
Slate. Slate is a low grade metamorphic rock derived from shale or mudstone.
Is shale an igneous rock?
no it is a sedimentary rock
Can basalt turn into shale?
No, basalt cannot turn into shale. Basalt is an igneous rock formed from the cooling of lava, while shale is a sedimentary rock formed from the compaction of clay or mud. The processes that form these two types of rocks are different, so basalt cannot directly change into shale.
What rock form due to water and heat and pressure?
Sedimentary rocks like shale, limestone, and sandstone can form from water, as it carries sediments that accumulate, solidify, and become rock. Heat and pressure can transform existing rocks like limestone into marble and shale into slate, through the process of metamorphism.
What is metamorphic shale?
The Shale is not a metamorphic rock it is a sedimentary rock.
Is shale an organic rock?
No. Shale is a clastic rock.
What is the rock category of shale?
Shale is a sedimentary rock.
Is shale a rock or mineral?
Shale is a clastic sedimentary rock
Is shale a sedimentary rock or a metamorphic rock?
shale is a sedimentary rock
What sedimentary rock is formed from thin layer of clay compacted very tightly together?
This is Shale, a Sedimentary rock.
Is a shale sedimentary rock?
Shale is clastic sedimentary rock.
What rock is slate but in the past it was shale?
Shale is a sedimentaory rock, while Slate is a metamorphic rock. Generally the shale is metamorphosed into slate.
Is shale a chemical rock?
No, shale is clastic.
What rock is most likely to be shale?
Shale.
Is slate a metamorphic rock which transforms from shale?
Slate is a metamorphic rock formed from the parent rock shale.
Is shale foiliated?
No. Shale is laminated. It is a sedimentary rock. Foliation is a characteristic of metamorphic rock.
