Igneous rock formed from lava erupted at the earth s surface.
Is granite clastic.
It is a type of sedimentary rocks.
None of the above.
It forms due to crystallization from magma.
Clastic rocks then are always sedimentary one exception.
No granite is an igneous rock.
These terms describe sedimentary rocks.
Sedimentary rocks form as a result of weathering and deposition from previously formed rocks and are usually much softer than igneous or metamorphic rocks.
There s a deep distinction drawn among clastic rocks between holoclastic rocks like shale and sandstone and pyroclastic rocks that form around.
A clast that is not yet wiped out in a metamorphic rock is called a porphyroclast which confusingly is also classified as a megacryst.
Granite is commonly classified as an igneous rock one that was formed from cooling magma below the surface of the earth intrusive.
The antiquity use of sandstone are artifacts monuments sculpture.
The texture of granite is granular phaneritic.
It is a type of igneous rocks.
Conglomerate is a clastic sedimentary rock formed from pre existing.
Answered june 4 2016.
Geologists use the term clastic with reference to sedimentary rocks as well as to particles in sediment transport whether in suspension or as bed load and in sediment deposits.
Sandstone is used in both indoor and outdoor projects.
It has clastic granular rough texture.
Granite is an intrusive igneous rock formed from the cooling and solidifying of felsic magma at depth within the earth s crust.