Olivine is a mafic mineral. It is most abundant in ultramafic rocks.
Obsidian is of felsic chemistry.
Peridotite is ultramafic.
mafic
No
Neither. The terms mafic and felsic refer to the composition of igneous rocks, which are dominated by silicate minerals. Marble is a metamorphic rock composed of carbonate minerals. The terms mafic and felsic do no apply to it.
Rhyolite is not a mafic rock, but a felsic rock, high in silicates, and similar to granite in composition.
NO it is felsic
First of all there is no such thing as a mafic or a felsic "mineral". There can be mafic and felsic rocks.Mafic rocks have a high magnesium and iron content.Felsic rocks enriched with lighter elements such as oxygen and silicon.
Mauna loa erupts mafic lava.
No. They are generally found inf mafic rock.
felsic is orthoclase, quartz, and biotite. mafic is olivine, pyroxene, and calcium rich plagioclase. I am still researching intermediate.
Felsic rocks mostly contain silicates such as feldspars and quartz, mafic rocks are ferrromagnesian, containing mostly pyroxene and olivine, ultramafic rocks only contain pyroxene and olivine, and rocks neither felsic nor mafic mostly contain plagioclase feldspar, biotite mica, and amphibole.
Felsic rocks have a lower melting point than mafic rocks and felsic magma has a lower temperature. In other words, felsic magma is not hot enough to melt mafic rock while mafic magma is hot enough to melt felsic rock.
felsic
Neither. The terms mafic and felsic refer to the composition of igneous rocks, which are dominated by silicate minerals. Marble is a metamorphic rock composed of carbonate minerals. The terms mafic and felsic do no apply to it.
Rhyolite is not a mafic rock, but a felsic rock, high in silicates, and similar to granite in composition.
Is mineral amphibolite a felsic, mafic or intermidiate in term of color
NO it is felsic
Common rock-forming mafic minerals include olivine, pyroxene,amphibole, biotite mica, and the plagioclase feldspars
Oceanic crust is mafic.
No. The terms mafic and felsic apply to igneous rocks. Limestone is a sedimentary/biochemical rock and so cannot be said to be mafic, felsic, or intermediate.