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Minerals form into crystals or clusters of crystals. In the crust, the most common individual mineral is quartz, and the most common class of minerals are the silicate minerals.

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What the most common class of minerals?

The most common class of minerals is the silicate minerals, which make up over 90% of the Earth's crust. Silicate minerals contain silicon and oxygen atoms in their chemical structure, and they form various types of minerals such as quartz, feldspar, and mica.


What are two most abundant elements in common minerals?

Oxygen and silicon are the two most abundant elements found in the most common minerals. The most common minerals found on Earth are silicates.


What is the most common group of minerals found in Earth's crust?

The most common group of minerals found in Earth's crust is silicate minerals.


What type of minerals are most rocks composed of?

Quartz, feldspar and biotite are the most common type of minerals that a rock is composed of. Rocks can be sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic; any of the 3 minerals are always present in the rocks.


What minerals are in crystals?

Most minerals form crystals.


What are minerals crystals?

Most minerals form crystals.


Which element combines to form most minerals?

Silicon is found in most minerals.


The most common minerals in clastic sedimentary rocks are likely?

the most common minerals in clastic sedimentary rocks are likely


Why are oxygen and silicon the most common elements found in minerals?

Silicon and oxygen are two of the most abundant elements in the universe. Oxygen will readily bond with silicon and metals to form minerals. Other similarly abundant elements either sank into Earth's interior or tended to form volatile compounds that were driven away from Earth by the solar wind when the planets were still forming.


What minerals are most common in detrital sedimentary rocks?

The most common minerals found in detrital sedimentary rocks are quartz, feldspar, and clay minerals. These minerals are often derived from the erosion and weathering of igneous and metamorphic rocks.


What are the most common minerals in clastic rocks?

clay minerals and quartz


Where do most minerals form?

Underground