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Quartz monzonite ranges from intermediate to felsic.
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What mineral composition is most characteristic of felsic rocks?
felsic is orthoclase, quartz, and biotite. mafic is olivine, pyroxene, and calcium rich plagioclase. I am still researching intermediate.
Why are felsic rocks melted by mafic magmas but mafic rocks are not melted by felsic magmas?
Felsic rocks have a lower melting point than mafic rocks and felsic magma has a lower temperature. In other words, felsic magma is not hot enough to melt mafic rock while mafic magma is hot enough to melt felsic rock.
Does Krakatoa have felsic magma or mafic?
felsic
Is monzonite a diamond?
No. A diamond is a diamond, formed of carbon. One type of monzonite is [quartz] monzonite, formed of "approximately equal proportion of orthoclase and plagioclase feldspars." You can read more about monzonite -- the quartz version -- below. You can also read more about monzonite, below.
What minerals are common in both felsic and marfic igneous rocks?
Biotite and muscovite micas, quartz, magnetite, olivine, amphiboles, and feldspars.
Is monzonite felsic or mafic?
Monzonite is an intermediate rock.
Is quartz mafic?
No, we call something mafic if it has a relative low silica content. As quartz is 100% silica, it's not mafic, but felsic.
What mineral composition is most characteristic of felsic rocks?
felsic is orthoclase, quartz, and biotite. mafic is olivine, pyroxene, and calcium rich plagioclase. I am still researching intermediate.
Why are felsic rocks melted by mafic magmas but mafic rocks are not melted by felsic magmas?
Felsic rocks have a lower melting point than mafic rocks and felsic magma has a lower temperature. In other words, felsic magma is not hot enough to melt mafic rock while mafic magma is hot enough to melt felsic rock.
Does Krakatoa have felsic magma or mafic?
felsic
Is sandstone felsic or mafic?
Neither. The terms mafic and felsic refer to the composition of igneous rocks, which are dominated by silicate minerals. Marble is a metamorphic rock composed of carbonate minerals. The terms mafic and felsic do no apply to it.
Does rhyolite have a more mafic composition than basalt?
Rhyolite is not a mafic rock, but a felsic rock, high in silicates, and similar to granite in composition.
Is amphibolite mineral a felsic mafic or intermidate?
Is mineral amphibolite a felsic, mafic or intermidiate in term of color
Is olivine mafic or felsic?
Olivine is a mafic mineral. It is most abundant in ultramafic rocks.
Is monzonite a diamond?
No. A diamond is a diamond, formed of carbon. One type of monzonite is [quartz] monzonite, formed of "approximately equal proportion of orthoclase and plagioclase feldspars." You can read more about monzonite -- the quartz version -- below. You can also read more about monzonite, below.
Is granite mafic?
NO it is felsic
What minerals are common in both felsic and marfic igneous rocks?
Biotite and muscovite micas, quartz, magnetite, olivine, amphiboles, and feldspars.
