The most abundant mineral in the Earth's continental crust is ________.
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct option is option 2 i.e. Feldspar.
- Feldspar is the most common mineral in the earth's continental crust.
- If you consider the entire crust, quartz is only the second most common mineral.
- Feldspars are a group of rock-forming tectosilicate minerals that makeup about 41% of the Earth's continental crust by weight.
- Feldspars crystallize from magma as both intrusive and extrusive igneous rocks and are also present in many types of metamorphic rock.