What are the minerals in a sandstone rock?

Answer 1

Sandstone is a sedimentary rock formed when grains of sand are deposited and subsequently compacted into rock by the pressure of overlying deposits and by the cementing effect of various other chemicals. The minerals found in sandstone will be whatever minerals were in the original grains of sand that formed the rock, chiefly quartz, and usually feldspar. Any number of other trace minerals will be found, depending upon the original source of the sand. The minerals that cement the sand particles together with likely be calcium carbonate, calcite, and silica. Check out wikipedia for more detail: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandstone Rod Burrows, PE

Answer 2

Sandstone consists of grains of quartz or feldspar or a mixture of those, cemented together by some mineral such as silica, calcite, gypsum, hematite, limonite, feldspar, anhydrite, barite, clay minerals, or zeolite that has formed between the grains. Sandstone may also contain small amounts of other minerals that were present in the sand, such as muscovite, biotite, olivine, pyroxene, and corundum.

In short: quartz or feldspar or both, and calcite, gypsum, hematite, limonite, feldspar, anhydrite, barite, clay minerals, or zeolite, plus perhaps small amounts of accessory minerals.

Answer 3

Minerals commonly found in sandstone rocks include quartz, feldspar, lithic fragments, and mica. Quartz is the most abundant mineral in sandstone, while feldspar provides additional color and texture. Lithic fragments are rock fragments incorporated into the sandstone during its formation, and mica gives the rock a shiny appearance.

Answer 4

Sandstone is a sedimentary rock. It is made up of small minerals which includes quartz and feldspar. These two minerals are the most abundant in the Earth's crust.

Answer 5

Two of the Earth's most abundant minerals occur in silt: quartz and feldspar.

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Answer 6

It depends on where it's formed.

Answer 7

chiefly quartz,and usually feldspar