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What mineral composition is most characteristic of mafic rocks?
olivine, pyroxene, and calcium-rich plagioclase
What causes the different colours in rocks?
The different colours are from different minerals. A reddish colour could be due to a mineral containing a lot of iron, for example. Weathering, staining, mineralogy and method of formation all play a part.
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.
What is the most common mineral in the composition of minerals?
Oxygen.
Where do most rocks have a basaltic composition?
on the ocean floor
Which physical characteristics most helpful in classifing rocks?
Its mineral composition.
What mineral composition is most characteristic of mafic rocks?
olivine, pyroxene, and calcium-rich plagioclase
What causes the different colours in rocks?
The different colours are from different minerals. A reddish colour could be due to a mineral containing a lot of iron, for example. Weathering, staining, mineralogy and method of formation all play a part.
The mineral composition of the oceanic crust is similar to the composition of what rock?
It is most similar to the composition of the rock basalt.
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.
What is the most common mineral in the composition of minerals?
Oxygen.
Where do most rocks have a basaltic composition?
on the ocean floor
What is the most common mineral in igneous rocks?
calcite
What is the most useful physical property when classifying a rock?
Its mineral composition.
What is the role of a mineral in the rock formation?
. Any mineral that forms igneous, sedimentary, or metamorphic rocks and that typically, or solely, forms as an intimate part of rock-making processesany :.
The mineral composotion of a residual soil is most affected by the?
The mineral composition of a residual soil is most affected by the depth and soil formation processes
What is the most abundant mineral in detrital sedimentary rocks?
quartz
