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Agriculture · Q891

Soil Science

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 891

Q891

Most dominant mineral in earth crust is

A.
Feldspar
Answer
B.
Amphiboles
C.
Quartz
D.
Mica

Answer: Option A

Solution

Answer: Option A
Solution:
The most dominant mineral in the earth's crust is Feldspar. It makes up about 60% of the Earth's crust and 41% of the Earth's continental crust by weight.
Feldspar is a group of rock-forming aluminum tectosilicate minerals, containing sodium, calcium, potassium, or barium. Silicon ions are linked by shared oxygen ions to form a three-dimensional network.