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PLEASE HELP! What type of rock is pumice? Describe how a pumice rock is likely to change over a long period of time.

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Pumice is igneous rock that cooled extremely fast and there is no time for crystals to form on it pumice rock with intense heat and pressure, pumice stone will break down and break and get smaller or become more small forming different types of rock

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Pumice is a light colored, porous igneous rock. It forms during volcanic eruption occurring under water. It is an aggregate of concrete. Because of their porous nature they float over the surface of water. With time the pumice rocks undergoes with several changes including weathering, erosion, and transportation. The extent of heat and pressure, making the sediments of the pumice rocks into metamorphic rocks distinct in the chemical and physical composition of the parent material.

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