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feldspar and quartz.
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What is the name of a rock that has 2 or more minerals?
Granite is one example of a rock containing two or more minerals.
What are the two main families of rock forming minerals?
Rock forming minerals are subdivided into two groups, the mafic and felsic minerals according to the principal rocks types they mainly occur in.
What are two ways in which minerals can form alike and how they are different?
which minerals can form are alike and how they are different
Do minerals contain two or more types of rocks?
No. it is flipped a rock contains two or more types of minerals
Do most rocks consist of an blend of minerals?
The vast majority of rock is a combination of two or more minerals.
What are the two minerals that form rock?
There are far more than two minerals that form rocks. You have to consider that there are about 3800 known minerals found on Earth. However, two minerals that are extremely abundant in continental and oceanic rock are feldspar and quartz.
What is the name of a rock that has 2 or more minerals?
Granite is one example of a rock containing two or more minerals.
How are chemical rocks form formed?
Chemical sedimentary rock is created by precipitation of minerals out of, or evaporation from, saturated solutions that are high in dissolved minerals. Rock gypsum and rock salt are two examples.
What are sedimentary rocks form from dissolved minerals called?
They are called chemical sedimentary rocks. Rock salt and rock gypsum are two examples.
Name two examples of minerals that can form when materials dissolved in water crystallize on the bottoms of lakes and seas?
1) Chalcedony quartz 2) Agate 3) Geod
Approximately how many of the 2500 minerals form the common rocks of the earths crust?
There are actually well over 4,000 known minerals as of 2010; of these, about two dozen form the bulk of the rock of the earth's crust.
What two minerals are basalt volcanic rock in rich in?
Iron and magnesium are the two common minerals in basalt. The rock is poor in silica though.
How many rocks can igneous rock form into?
Five basic types:GraniteDioriteGabbroPeriodotitePegmatiteIngenious rocks are made up of at least two minerals.
Where do chemical rocks form?
Chemical sedimentary rock is created by precipitation of minerals out of, or evaporation from, saturated solutions that are high in dissolved minerals. Rock gypsum and rock salt are two examples.
What are the two main families of rock forming minerals?
Rock forming minerals are subdivided into two groups, the mafic and felsic minerals according to the principal rocks types they mainly occur in.
What are two main families of rock forming minerals?
Rock forming minerals are subdivided into two groups, the mafic and felsic minerals according to the principal rocks types they mainly occur in.
What are the two main families of rock-forming minerals?
Rock forming minerals are subdivided into two groups, the mafic and felsic minerals according to the principal rocks types they mainly occur in.
