The mineral composition of a residual soil differs and can be determined by X-ray diffraction (XRD) tests
The mineral composition of a residual soil is most affected by the depth and soil formation processes
1. Air 2. Water 3. Organic Matter 4. Mineral Matter
The components (composition) of soil are; 1. Humus (organic soil) 2. Air (soil air) 3. Water (soil water) 4. Biological/living organisms (soil organisms) 5. Rocks and mineral salts (inorganic soil)
Soil is not a mineral. Soil is just matter that plants thrive in to retrieve minerals. Soil CONTAINS minerals, but soil is not a mineral.
residual soil
The mineral composition of a residual soil is most affected by the depth and soil formation processes
1. Air 2. Water 3. Organic Matter 4. Mineral Matter
Each known mineral has a specific chemical composition.
The components (composition) of soil are; 1. Humus (organic soil) 2. Air (soil air) 3. Water (soil water) 4. Biological/living organisms (soil organisms) 5. Rocks and mineral salts (inorganic soil)
residual soil
Soil is not a mineral. Soil is just matter that plants thrive in to retrieve minerals. Soil CONTAINS minerals, but soil is not a mineral.
residual soil
The color of a mineral sample is determined by its chemical composition
black siol
residual soil is below
Several minerals are evaporites, and therefore, there is not just one mineral composition but a different one for each mineral.
Residual soil is the soil formed from the weathering of the bedrock.