The Finely Divided, Red, Brown, and Yellow Soil- Coloring Minerals

question 13

Multiple Choice

The finely divided, red, brown, and yellow soil- coloring minerals originate by what process?

• A)mechanical weathering of very fine- grained, blue- gray clays
• B)mechanical weathering of the feldspars and micas in granite and rhyolite
• C)precipitation of iron oxides during the chemical weathering process
• D)chemical weathering of quartz and feldspars

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