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If you are talking about sedimentary rock, and the idea of relative dating, then the younger rock would be on top closer the the surface.

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Would you expect to find plagioclase feldspar or biotite in a greater variety of igneous rocks?

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Where would you most likely find the oldest rock and why?

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