What Words Are Used to Describe the Igneous Rocks Composition

Rocks are broadly classified into three groups. Igneous sedimentary and metamorphic and the simplest diagram of the rock cycle puts these three groups in a circle with arrows pointing from igneous to sedimentary from sedimentary to metamorphic and from metamorphic to igneous again.

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Gneiss n aɪ s is a common and widely distributed type of metamorphic rockGneiss is formed by high-temperature and high-pressure metamorphic processes acting on formations composed of igneous or sedimentary rocksGneiss forms at higher temperatures and pressures than schistGneiss nearly always shows a banded texture characterized by alternating darker and.

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