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14.
Quartzite is a
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Pushp Shankar said:
5 years ago
It is metamorphic by physical properties, it is siliceous by chemical properties.
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Kartick sardar said:
4 years ago
Metamorphic is the right answer.
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Balkrishna Dhakal said:
5 years ago
It is a metamoephic rock.
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Khim khatri said:
6 years ago
Chemically it is silicious and geologically it is metamorphic but both options are not available and generally, we believe that simply rock means geological classification so option A should be the answer.
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Fouzia said:
6 years ago
Both Metamorphic and siliceous is right.
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Manish meena said:
9 years ago
Quartzite is a
Physically -metamorphic rocks.
Chemically -silicious.
Physically -metamorphic rocks.
Chemically -silicious.
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Satogun said:
8 years ago
It is metamorphic & silicious rock.
But silicious rock is the type of metamorphic rock.
So, silicious rock is the correct answer.
But silicious rock is the type of metamorphic rock.
So, silicious rock is the correct answer.
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Ali yashk said:
7 years ago
It is not a sillicious rock. Silicious rocks are sedimentary rocks. Quartzite is a metamorphic rock.
So, option A is correct.
So, option A is correct.
Mahesh Kumar Singh said:
9 years ago
Quartzite is a hard, non-foliated metamorphic rock which was originally pure quartz sandstone. Sandstone is converted into quartzite through heating and pressure usually related to tectonic compression within orogenic belts.
PRADEEP chauhan said:
9 years ago
Quartz is a metamorphic rock which are obtained conversion of sand stone.
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