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Which of the following pairs of minerals dominate the continental crust

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Answered by kshitijgrg

Answer:

More than 90% of the crust consists of silicate minerals.

Explanation:

The crust is compositionally awesome outermost rocky layer of the Earth. What is the crust made of? The solution to this query relies upon on whether or not we need to realize which chemical elements, minerals, or rock kinds it's far made of. It can be unexpected however approximately a dozen chemical elements, minerals, or rock kinds are all that it takes to explain about 99% of the crust.

More than 90% of the crust consists of silicate minerals. The most considerable silicates are feldspars (plagioclase (39%) and alkali feldspar (12%)). Other not unusual place silicate minerals are quartz (12%) pyroxenes (11%), amphiboles (5%), micas (5%), and clay minerals (5%).
The relaxation of the silicate family incorporates 3% of the crust. Only 8% of the crust consists of non-silicates — carbonates, oxides, sulfides, etc.

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Answered by sourasghotekar123

Answer:

The correct answer to this question is that the 90% of the crust consists of silicate minerals, many oxide and aluminium silicate.

Explanation:

The earth crust is made up of 3 types of rocks that is igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic.
Most continental crust is dry, which is above the sea level. sea shore are covered with aluminium silicate as it has a bulk composition in there.
Ocean crust has a rich are component of magnesium silicate. The earth crust is made up of more than 2000 minerals.
On the other hand, ocean crust is generally composed of dark colour rock which is called as base salt, Mafic rocks, or Sima, which are rich in iron and magnesium.

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