JackG Posted March 10, 2023 Report Share Posted March 10, 2023 Does it exist as beaches, like sandstone sand, limestone sand, etc? Or are metamorphic rock-types not spawning as sandy beaches? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenLi Posted March 10, 2023 Report Share Posted March 10, 2023 Bauxite does create bauxite sand beaches. Supposing that phyllite does create sand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackG Posted March 10, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2023 Bauxite is a sedimentary rock type though, if Slate made sand-beaches then I'd guess there can be Phyllite as well, but I cant recall having seen either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenLi Posted March 10, 2023 Report Share Posted March 10, 2023 nope. bauxite is metamorph. look at the json's. yet phyllite has a very special property - it is generated bottom up unlike all other metamorphs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackG Posted March 10, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2023 What does that mean, generated bottom up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenLi Posted March 10, 2023 Report Share Posted March 10, 2023 it means that it is generated from the igneous rock upward. so on provinces border of, say, granite and andesite, it could be under igneous rock. bottom up layers: andesite->phyllite->granite->other metamorphs and sedimentary rocks. the rest of metamorphs and of course sedimentaries are generated top down, and thus always are on top of igneous rocks. skipping basalt as it behaves totally different. So in order to find phyllite sand you need: only one igneous rock, preferably in the middle of igneous province, phyllite as the only metamorph, and no sedimentary on top. Quite a rare combination. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackG Posted March 10, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2023 (edited) I see, thank you. Sounds like finding a phyllite sand biome would be quite unlikely though. Edited March 10, 2023 by JackG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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