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What are the most common minerals in clastic rocks?
clay minerals and quartz
What is made of rocks?
Rocks are made of grains that fit together.
What are the six minerals that make up igneous rocks?
Olivine, Pyroxene, Amphibole, Biotite, Muscovite, Potassium Feldspar, Quartz, Plagioclase are the minerals that make up the Igneous Rocks!:)another one is mica
What minerals are common in both felsic and marfic igneous rocks?
Biotite and muscovite micas, quartz, magnetite, olivine, amphiboles, and feldspars.
What pair of minerals most common in detrital sedimentary rocks?
Clay minerals and quartz are the chief constituents of most sedimentary rocks in this category. To answer why, clay minerals are the most abundant product of the chemical weathering of silicate minerals, especially the feldspars. Clays are fine-grained minerals with sheetlike crystalline structures similar to the micas. Quartz is abundant because it is extremely durable and very resistant to chemical weathering. Thus, when igneous rocks such as granite are attacked by weathering processes, individual quartz grains are freed.
What are the most common minerals in clastic rocks?
clay minerals and quartz
Is breccia foliated?
Breccia is an inorganic land-derived sedimentary rock. It is clastic (fragmental), but not foliated. Breccia is composed of mostly quartz, feldspar, and clay minerals; it may contain fragments of other rocks and minerals.
What minerals are found in mafic rocks?
mafic rocks can be made up of orthoclase feldspar and quartz
What rocks are composed primarily of quartz feldspar and clay minerals?
rock salt
What 2 rocks are composed primarily of quartz feldspar and clay minerals?
rock salt
What is made of rocks?
Rocks are made of grains that fit together.
What types of minerals are clastic sedimentary rocks made of?
Clastic sedimentary rocks are made of broken pieces of preexisting rock that are compacted together. The mineral quartz makes up sixty percent of the clastic sedimentary rocks.
Which two rocks are composed-primarily of quartz feldspar and clay minerals?
rock salt and conglomerate
Which two rocks are composed primarily of quartz feldspar and clay minerals?
rock salt and conglomerate
What are the six minerals that make up igneous rocks?
Olivine, Pyroxene, Amphibole, Biotite, Muscovite, Potassium Feldspar, Quartz, Plagioclase are the minerals that make up the Igneous Rocks!:)another one is mica
What minerals are common in both felsic and marfic igneous rocks?
Biotite and muscovite micas, quartz, magnetite, olivine, amphiboles, and feldspars.
What are the most common minerals found in detrital rocks?
Quartz Feldspar Mica Heavy minerals e.g Garnet/Zircons Bioclasts
