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Why do most minerals measured by rocks belong to silicate group?
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Give at least two examples of minerals in each group?
silicate: feldspar and mica non-silicate: halides and native gold
What is an allanite?
An allanite is any of a group of silicate minerals which are a source of rare earth metals.
How would the color and density of rock composed mostly of non-ferro magnesium silicate minerals differ from one made up mostly of ferro-magnesium silicate?
non-ferro magnesium silicate dominated rock would be lighter in color and less dense than ferro-magnesium silicate dominated rock. NOTE: The color of olive-green belong to the ferro-magnesium silicate dominated rock group.
What group includes minerals with the silicon oxygen stretcher?
There is one group that silicon and oxygen fall into. Silicate is the name of the group that both fall under.
What is field spar?
Assuming you meant 'Feldspar' - it's a group of rock-forming silicate based minerals.
Which group of minerals are the most abundent in the Earth's crust?
The silicate group. The silicate group includes these minerals; quartz, feldspars, and micas.
Which of the mineral groups is most abundant in the crust?
Quartz is the most abundant single mineral. Feldspars are, as a group, the most abundant minerals. Quartz and feldspars are classified as silicate minerals, the classification of mineral with the most abundance in the Earth's crust.
What is the most common group of rock forming minerals?
silicate and non silicate
Which group of minerals of the most abundant in the Earth's crust?
The silicate group of minerals comprise the largest percentage of the Earth's crust. Silicate minerals include quartz, feldspars, and micas.
Which silicate minerals separate into sheets when they break?
The mica group of silicate minerals cleave into thin sheets. O REALLY!!!!!!
What mineral group do most rock forming minerals belong to?
They would belong to the silicate group of minerals--quartz, feldspars, micas, olivine, hornblende, etc.
What is the most common silicate mineral group?
Feldspars are the most common silicate minerals.
What kind of rock is feldspar?
Feldspars are classified as silicate minerals.
Minerals with the silicon-oxygen structure are classified into what group?
They are in the silicate group.
What are the SILICATE group of minerals?
Neso-, soro-, cyclo-, ino-, phyllo- and tectosilicates are all the groups of silicate minerals.
Silicon and oxygen combine to form the framework of the most common mineral group?
Silicon and oxygen combine to form the most abundant mineral group, the silicates.
Does the smallest group of rock forming minerals consist of silicate?
No. Silicates are the largest group of rock forming minerals.
