Regents Review Session 9 - Rocks and Minerals

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53 In addition to pyroxene and olivine, identify the name of one other mineral commonly found in basalt thatcould oxidize to produce red soils.

70 Identify the most likely sedimentary rock that formed when the sediments of tiny shells were buried and compacted.

71 Identify the change in pressure and the change in temperature that most likely occurred to metamorphose the sedimentary seafloor bedrock into the Carrara marble.

72 In terms of mineral properties, explain why a statue is easier to carve from pure white marble rather than from pure white quartzite.