Choose the Option That Correctly Orders the Minerals from Most

question 22

Multiple Choice

Choose the option that correctly orders the minerals from most easily weathered to most weather resistant.

• A) quartz, halite, biotite
• B) gypsum, pyroxene, feldspar
• C) olivine, calcite, quartz
• D) amphibole, feldspar, quartz

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