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Quartz, or silicon dioxide (SiO2), is the world'ds most common mineral. Sand, for example, is made up mainly of quartz and calcium carbonate.
The second most common mineral is feldspar.
Two elements commonly found in minerals are silicon and oxygen. They make up the foundation of most minerals on Earth's crust.
Oxygen and silicon are the two most abundant elements found in the most common minerals. The most common minerals found on Earth are silicates.
Oxygen is found in the Earth's atmosphere, in water, and in the Earth's crust in the form of minerals like quartz and oxides. Silicon is commonly found in the Earth's crust in the form of silicate minerals, sand, and rocks like granite and quartz.
Oxygen is the most common element found in solid form within Earth's crust, primarily as compounds such as silicon dioxide (in the form of minerals like quartz) and as different metal oxides.
Quartz and feldspar are indeed two of the most common minerals found in the Earth's crust. Quartz is known for its hardness and crystal structure, while feldspar is known for its abundance and variety of colors. Both minerals are commonly found in igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks.
The two minerals commonly found in gneiss that contain iron and magnesium are biotite, a dark-colored mica mineral rich in iron and magnesium, and amphibole, a group of dark-colored mineral silicates that also contain iron and magnesium.
Iron and magnesium are the two elements present in all ferromagnesian minerals. These minerals belong to a group that contains iron (ferro) and magnesium (magnesia) as essential components.