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Types of Minerals
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Geology
Undergraduate 1
05/19/2012

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Biotite- Sheet Silicate
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Hornblend- amphibole 

Band Silicates

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Muscovite

Sheet Silicate 

Al 3+

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Garnet- Nesosilicate 

 

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Olivine

Nesosilicate

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Potassium Feldspar

Framework Silicate 

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Pyroxene (Augite)

Chain Silicate

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Quartz

Framework Silicate

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Serpentine 

Sheet Silicate

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Basalt (mafic)
Definition
Olivine, Ca-Na Plagioclase, pyroxene
Partial melting of mantle peridotite
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Andesitic (intermediate)
Definition
Plagioclase feldspar, amphibole
Subduction zones
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Rhyolitic (felsic)
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quartz, k feldspar, muscovite, biotite, amphibole, Na plag
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