False. They are similar but different. As the particles react with exposure to weathering & ultra-violet and other stimuli they change and thus lose natural ligand bonding and no longer adhere to the substrate.
Chemical Weathering
Clay minerals are the product of chemical weathering of silicate minerals, such as feldspars. Clays are silicate minerals.
hardness
Quartz
It causes any mineral to crack or leave little sediments of the remaining rock
Quartz is a mineral that is highly resistant to chemical weathering. Marble is a mineral that is more susceptible to chemical weathering.
No it just dissolves
Chemical Weathering
Chemical weathering
Chemical weathering
Chemical weathering
The clay mineral Kaolinite - Al2Si2O5(OH)4.
Rocks that are rich in the mineral Calcite, such as limestone, are especially vulnerable to chemical weathering.
mechanical
Clay minerals are the product of chemical weathering of silicate minerals, such as feldspars. Clays are silicate minerals.
Chemical weathering
This is a chemical weathering.