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Sand, it's made of weathered quartz often called silica(what glass is made of).
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Is sea water a mineral?
no , sea water is not a mineral .
When heated mineral-rich water seeps into cracks in the Earth cools and crystallizes as minerals an can form what?
A vien
Rock salt crystallizes from what mineral?
Halite
What mineral crystallizes at the highest temperature?
olivine
What mineral crystallizes last and is most resistant to weathering?
Quartz
Which mineral pyroxene or orthoclase crystallizes from magma first?
pyroxene
Which type of salt crystallizes from sea water first calcium sulfate or sodium chloride and why?
calcium sulfate
What is formed from dissolved substances in sea water that stick to solid objects?
saturated salt dissolved in sea-water crystallizes on any surface. this substance is known as brine
What are the two main types of cementation?
the first is when new mineral grows between sediment grains as dissolved minerals precipitate out of ground water, the second is when existing mineral grows larger as more of the same mineral precipitates from ground water and crystallizes around them.
Which type of salt crystallizes from sea water first calcium sulfate or sodium chloride?
Calcium Sulfate
How does sea weed get mineral salts?
These salts are absorbed from the sea water.
Rock salt crystallizes from the mineral?
People commonly refer to the mineral halite (NaCl = sodium chloride) as rock salt. Rock salt is formed by the continuous evaporation of sea water. In the sequence of minerals precipitating out of the water halite comes after gypsum and anhydrite (calcium sulphate minerals) and before the rarer types of chlorides like potassium chloride.
