Quartzite is metamorphosed from which one of the following rocks?

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Sandstone. Quartzite forms when sandstone gets buried deep and exposed to intense heat and pressure. Sandstone is made mostly of quartz grains, and this heat and pressure fuses those grains tightly together into quartzite, a much harder rock.Limestone, for comparison, metamorphoses into marble instead. Shale metamorphoses into slate, and later into schist or gneiss under even more pressure.So sandstone is the correct parent rock here, making option (c) the answer.Read more: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Quartzite

Quartzite is metamorphosed from which one of the following rocks?

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