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What is the difference in density in mafic rocks in relation to felsic rocks?
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Mafic rocks, such as those found in the oceanic crust, are more dense than the felsic rocks found in the continental crust.
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Mafic mineral low or high density?
Mafic magma and rock are higher in density that felsic magma and rock.
What is the difference between felsic intermediate and mafic igneous rocks?
Silica content increases from mafic to felsic, and Mg and Fe content decreases. These differences affect things such as viscosity, density and colour. Felsic magmas are the most viscous and least dense, and felsic rocks are the lightest in colour.
What is the difference between felid and mafic?
Felsic rocks have 0-15% mafic crystals, while mafic rocks have 46-85% mafic crystals.
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 olivine mafic or felsic?
Olivine is a mafic mineral. It is most abundant in ultramafic rocks.
Is amphibolite mineral a felsic mafic or intermidate?
Is mineral amphibolite a felsic, mafic or intermidiate in term of color
Is granite mafic?
NO it is felsic
Is the oceanic crust felsic or mafic?
Oceanic crust is mafic.
Is a limestone mafic?
No. The terms mafic and felsic apply to igneous rocks. Limestone is a sedimentary/biochemical rock and so cannot be said to be mafic, felsic, or intermediate.
