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Q: What is the common element found in the composition of minerals?
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What is the most common element found in composition of minerals?

Oxygen.


Is vanadium a rare or common element?

It is a rare earth element, never found in mineral deposits (veins and nuggets as with gold) but normally found in assocaition with other elements and minerals.


Is a uranium mineral?

No, but it is an element found in many minerals.


Which element is found in all sulfate minerals but not in sulfide minerals?

Oxygen.


What is desulfurization?

It simply means removing sulphur from. Sulphur is a very common element and its compounds are found in many minerals and ores.


Which element combines to form most minerals?

Silicon is found in most minerals.


Is mercury a common element found?

Mercury is not a common element found in nature. It is a heavy metal that occurs naturally in small amounts in the Earth's crust. It is usually produced as a byproduct of processing other metals, particularly gold and silver. Mercury is also found in some types of minerals and is often used in various industrial processes and products.


In what geological structure is lead found?

Although the element lead is found in a variety of minerals, the mineral galena is the most common ore used in lead extraction.


Whats the definition for silicate minerals?

The most common minerals found on Earth are the Silicate minerals. The silicate minerals are: amphibole, feldspar, mica, olivine, pyroxene, and quartz.


What is found in common rocks?

minerals


What are two most abundant elements in common minerals?

Oxygen and silicon are the two most abundant elements found in the most common minerals. The most common minerals found on Earth are silicates.


How many minerals known to man are common on the crust of the earth?

My geological dictionary lists more than 7500 entries. Of which more than 10% will be discrete minerals. There is a list of the top 20 by composition, but that is a matter of opinion and location.