In the rock cycle, how can an igneous rock can become a sedimentary rock, then a metamorphic rock, and then an igneous rock again?

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Eleanor Apodaca · Accepted Answer

The formation process that defines each type can occur to a particular sample.

After being created by volcanic eruption, it can undergo metamorphism due to subduction, be melted, and then be ejected once more as an igneous rock, or it can be eroded by wind and water and washed back into a large body of water where it becomes part of a sedimentary rock.

Jonathan Avila · Answer

undefined An igneous rock can become a sedimentary rock through the processes of weathering, erosion, transportation, deposition, and lithification. A sedimentary rock can then undergo metamorphism due to heat, pressure, or chemical processes, transforming into a metamorphic rock. Subsequent geological processes such as melting, cooling, and crystallization can turn a metamorphic rock back into an igneous rock, thus completing the rock cycle.