Question

why is sillica common in both contenental crust and oceanic crust​

Answer 1

Continental crust is silica-rich, or felsic. Oceanic crust is mafic, relatively rich in iron and magnesium and silica-poor. The mantle has silicate minerals with a greater abundance of iron and magnesium and even less silica than oceanic crust, so it is called ultramafic