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14.
Quartzite is a
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Sibu said:
6 years ago
Granite and quartzite are sillious rock.
Slate and laterite rock are argillaceous rock.
Marble and limestone are calcareous rock.
These are all chemical classifications of rock.
Slate and laterite rock are argillaceous rock.
Marble and limestone are calcareous rock.
These are all chemical classifications of rock.
Ramya Thota said:
6 years ago
No it is a metamorphic rock.
Aditya sinha said:
6 years ago
Quartzite is a nonfoliated metamorphic rock composed almost entirely of quartz.
Fouzia said:
5 years ago
Both Metamorphic and siliceous is right.
Khim khatri said:
5 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.
Chandan shah said:
5 years ago
It is a metamorphic Rock.
Insaf said:
4 years ago
Quartzite is also a metamorphic rock by the geological classification.
Balkrishna Dhakal said:
4 years ago
It is a metamoephic rock.
(1)
Pushp Shankar said:
4 years ago
It is metamorphic by physical properties, it is siliceous by chemical properties.
(3)
Kartick sardar said:
3 years ago
Metamorphic is the right answer.
(2)
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