Why Is Quartz a Bad Mineral to Use to Determine

question 12

Multiple Choice

Why is quartz a bad mineral to use to determine a metamorphic environment?

• A)Because it is not common in metamorphic rocks
• B)Because silicate minerals do not metamorphose
• C)Because quartz is stable over a wide range of metamorphic settings
• D)Because it can only be used in hydrothermal metamorphism

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