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Calcite does not contain any silica. It is a carbonate mineral.
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What is Krakatoa a silica rich or a silica poor?
silca rich
Is rhyolite silica rich or silica poor?
Rhyolite is felsic and thus silica rich.
Is scoria rich in silica?
No. Scoria is relatively silica poor.
Would you expect a light gray igneous rock to be rich or poor in silica?
rich
Silica-rich magma erupts from the shield volcanoes giving them there broad flat shape?
False. The magma of shield volcanoes is silica-poor.
Igneous rocks that are dense and dark colored they form from magma that is rich in iron and magnesium and poor in silica?
Igneous rocks that are dense and dark-colored are called basaltic rocks. They are formed from magma that is rich in iron and magnesium and poor in silica content.
What magma is rich in feldspars and silica?
no its the least silica rich of granitic and andesitic magma.
What type of magma does arenal have?
Ithink there is not different types of lava This answer is retarded because there is silica rich and silica poor magma^^ some people are not that smart
What kind of lava is silica poor?
silica poor
What are the subgrops of sponges?
calcarea - have calcite spicules, often have calcite exoskeletons glass sponges - silica spicules, no exoskeleton demosponges - silica spicules, may have exoskeleton, made of aragonite if present
Was krakatau's erupted by lava rich in silica or lava low in silica?
lava rich in silica
A cherty limestone would contain which major constituents?
silica, calcite
