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What makes close to 95 percent of the rocks of earths crust?

Silicates make up close to 95 percent of the rocks in the Earth's crust


What makes up most of earths crust?

rock


What makes up close to 95 percent of the rocks in the earth?

Silicates make up close to 95 percent of the rocks in the Earth's crust


Crust and earths upper mantle makes up what?

it is the lithosphere


What makes up about 95 percent of the rocks in earths crust?

Igneous and metamorphic rock make up 95% of the rocks in Earth's crust. Only a thin layer is made up of sedimentary rock.


Is the earths crust less than one percent of earths mass?

With a very sizable iron core and a (by comparison) wafer-thin crust, I doubt that the earth's crust even approximates a full percentage point.


What percent of the crust takes up earths mass?

If you're asking how much of the earth is in the crust layer, less than one percent. If you're asking what it's composition is:SiO2:60.6Al2O3:15.9CaO:6.4MgO:4.7Na2O:3.1Fe as FeO:6.7K2O:1.8TiO2:0.7P2O5:0.1


What minerals is 99 percent of the Earth's crust made of?

SiO2 makes up around 50% of the crust in the form of many types of minerals like jasper, flint, chalcedony, opal, quartz.... There is no one mineral that makes up 99% of the earths crust


What percent of Earths crust do silicates make up?

Silicates make up about 90% of Earth's crust. These minerals are composed of silicon and oxygen, along with other elements like aluminum, iron, calcium, and magnesium. Silicate minerals are the building blocks of most rocks on Earth's surface.


What is the iron percentage in the earths crust?

In terms of weight, iron makes up approximately 5% of the earths crust, the fourth most abundant element in the crust. However, remember Earth's Core is nearly all Iron.


What makes a volcana erupt?

the bamabam face buttox sexy dede of the earths crust makes a volcano erupt.


What rock makes up most of earths crust and what percentage is it?

90 persent and lava