0
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Medium melting temp:
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Mica and feldspar
1
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Lowest melting temp:
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Quartz
2
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Highest melting temp:
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Pyroxene and olivine
3
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Most easily weathered:
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Pyroxene and olivine
4
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Medium weathered:
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Mica and feldspar
5
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Least weathered:
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Quartz
6
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First to form from magma:
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Pyroxene and olivine
7
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Second to form from magma:
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Mica and feldspars
8
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Last to form from magma:
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Quartz
9
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Minerals with higher melting temps will
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Cool and crystallise first.
10
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Melting temps are inverse to weathering;
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High temp = easily weathered (pyroxene)
Low temp = least weathered (quartz)
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