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What is the most important class of rock forming minerals on Earth?
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The silicates.
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What is The most important class of rock-forming minerals on Earth you?
silicates
What is the most important class of rock-forming minerals on Earth?
Silicates
What is the most common class of minerals on Earth?
The silicate group of minerals are the most abundant on the Earth.
What is the most abundant class of minerals on earth?
diamonds are plentiful
Explain why some minerals only occur in metamorphic rock?
When the rock was forming other minerals that were near the forming place of the metamorphic rock were mixed in after the pressure has been made on the metamorphic rock. I am a seventh grade teacher so I know the answer. We are going over this in class right now.
What is The most important class of rock-forming minerals on Earth you?
silicates
What is the most important class of rock-forming minerals on Earth?
Silicates
What is the most common class of minerals on Earth?
The silicate group of minerals are the most abundant on the Earth.
Most rock forming minerals are?
i have no clue some one answer it i need it for science class
Are coal salt diamonds and graphite minerals?
yes all of them are minerals.Another AnswerNone of them are minerals: coal, diamonds and graphite are formed from the mineral carbon. There is a class of minerals, according to Wikipedia: "The halide minerals are the group of minerals forming the natural salts."
What is the most abundant class of minerals on earth?
diamonds are plentiful
Explain why some minerals only occur in metamorphic rock?
When the rock was forming other minerals that were near the forming place of the metamorphic rock were mixed in after the pressure has been made on the metamorphic rock. I am a seventh grade teacher so I know the answer. We are going over this in class right now.
What the most common class of minerals?
The Silicate Minerals.
What are facts about minerals?
Some facts about minerals:To be classified as a mineral they must be naturally occurringThey must be a solidThey must be crystalline (have an orderly geometric spatial arrangement of atoms)Minerals can me elemental (i.e. formed of one single element only - for example gold, coper or sulphur).Minerals may also be a mixture of a range of differing chemical elements (e.g.Feldspar which can be potassium, sodium or calcium aluminium silicates.The largest group of minerals are the silicates. These are the common rock forming minerals.Another common rock forming mineral class is the carbonates - Calcite, aragonite - both CaCO3 and dolomite CaMg(CO3)2 (forming limestones and dolostones).
What class of minerals does galena belong to?
Galena belongs to the sulfide minerals.
What class of minerals is formed form bonded SiO2 tetrahedrons?
Silicate minerals.
What is carbon silicate?
The chemical compound silicon dioxide, also known as silica or silox (from the Latin "silex"), is the oxide of silicon, chemical formula SiO2, and has been known for its hardness since the 9th century. Silica is most commonly found in nature as sand or quartz. It is a principal component of most types of glass and substances such as concrete.
