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Feldspars are classified as silicate minerals.
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What are special properties of feldspar?
Feldspar is the most common rock-forming mineral. I don't know any other properties except that feldspar occurs in igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rock That's not a property
Is feldspar a rock or mineral?
Feldspar is the name of a group of rock-forming minerals which make up as much as 60% of the Earth's crust. Feldspars crystallize from magma in both intrusive and extrusive rocks, and they can also occur as compact minerals, as veins, and are also present in many types of
What is feldspathic rock?
Feldspathic rock contains any variety of the feldspar group of minerals.
What do feldspar and mica have in common?
quartz and feldspar are common rock forming
Name two minerals that form rock?
feldspar and quartz.
What is a kind of rock containing aluminum's silicates and other minerals?
feldspar
What kind of rock is Amazonite?
No, it is not a rock, it is a mineral/crystal.Amazonite is a green variety of microcline feldspar, which does occur in some intrusive, granitic Igneous rocks.
Is feldspar a marble?
No, a feldspar is a mineral, and a marble is a rock. Marble is a metamorphic rock, made mostly of the mineral Calcite.
What rock contains both amphibole and potassium feldspar?
Granite is a rock containing both amphibole and potassium feldspar.
Is feldspar suitable for vegetarian?
Feldspar is a rock forming tectosilicate mineral and is not an edible food.
How do you get feldspar?
Go to an area nearby a formerly active volcano and you will find feldspar, because it is an igneous rock. Or you can go to an area such as Yellowstone Park where there are open rock areas and you will be sure to find feldspar.
How do people get feldspar?
just go to a volcano to find feldspar. it's a type of igneous rock. so if you want feldspar, go to Hawaii
What are special properties of feldspar?
Feldspar is the most common rock-forming mineral. I don't know any other properties except that feldspar occurs in igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rock That's not a property
What kind of stone is Ayers Rock?
Ayers Rock, now known as Uluru, is sedimentary rock, primarily a sandstone inselberg.It is made up of around 50% feldspar, 25-35% quartz and up to 25% rock fragments.
Is feldspar heavy?
Feldspar is a 6 on the hardness level and diamond is the hardest t 10. Feldspar is not very heavy- about the weight of granite or quartz (the average rock)
Igneous rock with high feldspar content?
Granite
What is a glassy rock that forms when crystals do not get to form?
feldspar
