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Does metamorphic rock react with acid?

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Some will. Marble, for instance. It depends on their chemistry.

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What metamorphic rock does not react with hydrochloric acid?
marble
Which metamorphic rock would react with hydrochloric acid?
The metamorphic rock marble would react with hydrochloric acid.
Sedimentary rock react acid?
Limestone is highly reactive to acid.
A rock that reacts to acid is?
A rock that reacts with acid is composed to some extent of carbonate minerals such as calcite or dolomite.
What rock reacts with acid?
Calcium carbonate, primarily. Recall that the conjugate acid of carbonate is bicarbonate, and the conjugate acid of bicarbonate is carbonic acid, which decomposes to water and carbon dioxide. So a...