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What is the most common nonferromagnesian member of mica family?
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Muscovite
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The most common nonferromagnesian member of the mica family?
The most common nonferromagnesian member of the mica family is muscovite.
What kind of physical weathering is common in Mica and Shale?
Decompression and Exfoliation weathering are common in Mica and Shale.
What are ferromagnesian minerals?
Ferromagnesian silicates are those minerals containing ions of iron (iron=ferro) and/or magnesium in their structure. Because of there iron content, ferromagnesian silicates are dark in color and have a greater specific gravity, between 3.2 and 3.6, than nonferromagnesian silicates. The most common dark silicate minerals are olivine, the pyroxenes, the amphibloes, drk mica (biotite), and garnet.
What mineral family can the Mica mineral change to when Gneiss is formed?
pegmatite
What common silicate mineral with the tetrahedra arranged in sheets is?
The mica group of minerals.
The most common nonferromagnesian member of the mica family?
The most common nonferromagnesian member of the mica family is muscovite.
What kind of weathering is common in mica and shale?
Decompression and Exfoliation weathering are common in Mica and Shale.
What kind of physical weathering is common in Mica and Shale?
Decompression and Exfoliation weathering are common in Mica and Shale.
What are ferromagnesian minerals?
Ferromagnesian silicates are those minerals containing ions of iron (iron=ferro) and/or magnesium in their structure. Because of there iron content, ferromagnesian silicates are dark in color and have a greater specific gravity, between 3.2 and 3.6, than nonferromagnesian silicates. The most common dark silicate minerals are olivine, the pyroxenes, the amphibloes, drk mica (biotite), and garnet.
What is the most common form of mica occurring in various rocks including gneiss granite and schist?
Biotite is the most common form of mica.
The most common form of mica?
muscovite
What is the word obtained after unscrambling the word mica?
The spelling mica is a word, a soft rock. There are no common anagrams.
What is the mineral mica common use?
quartz common use
What element is mica made of?
Mica does not consist of a single element. Muscovite, one common kind of mica, contains potassium, aluminum, silicon, oxygen, fluorine, and hydrogen. Biotite, another common variety also contains iron and magnesium.
Is a common mineral that breaks along smooth and flat edges quarts or mica?
That would be mica...and it's spelled "quartz"
What mineral family can the Mica mineral change to when Gneiss is formed?
pegmatite
What do mica and graphite have in common?
both break in one preferential direction
