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What is the main mineral type that the oceanic plates are made of?
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mostly made of basalt.
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What two types of plates make up the earth?
The two main types of plates are continental plates and oceanic plates. Continental plates are larger, thicker and less dense compared to oceanic plates.
What is the main mineral marble is made up of?
Marble is primarily composed of the mineral calcite.
Which of the following in not a main characteristic of a mineral?
man-made
What main mineral makes up the oceanic crust and continental crust?
The main mineral group making up the crust are silicates, which include feldspars, micas, and quartz.
What two types of crust are the tectonic plates made from?
Short Answer: The Earth has two types of crust, continental crust and oceanic crust. Basaltic rocks are the main component of oceanic crust. Continental crust consists mainly of lower density granitic rocks. The Better Answer: Tectonic plates and the Earth's crust are not the same thing. Tectonic plates are made of the Earth's crust, plus the upper layers of the Earth's mantle. Together the crust and the more solid upper mantle form the lithosphere. The crust itself is relatively thin, varying from a few kilometers thick to nearly a hundred kilometers. With the material of the mantle, the tectonic plates are 50 to 200 kilometers thick. Some plates are entirely continental and some are entirely oceanic and some are combined. Continental crust and oceanic crust are different in make up and properties. The continental crust has a density of about 2.7 g/cm3 and is mostly granitic, made of silicate materials with more aluminum and less iron and magnesium. Continental crust is generally thicker, in the range of 25 to 70 kilometers. Oceanic crust is more dense (density of about 2.9 g/cm3) and the average oceanic thickness is in the range of 7-10 kilometers. Oceanic crust is primarily basalt, composed of silicate material which is rich in iron and magnesium. Though only 40% of the Earth's surface is continental crust, there is more of it because it is thicker. Continental crust is about 70% of the volume of Earth's crust. Both types of crusts are less dense than the material of the Earth's mantle (density of about 3.3 g/cm3), so the "float" on the mantle.
What are is main type of mineral that oceanic plates are made up of?
The main mineral type in Oceanic plates are made of basalt
What is the main mineral that oceanic plates are made of?
Basalt NOT silicon Dioxide-silica
What is the main mineral type that oceanic plates are made up off?
Basalt.
What is the main mineral type that oceanic continental plates are made up of?
manganese
What is the main mineral type in oceanic plates?
basalts
What is the main mineral type of oceanic plates?
it is basalt
What is the main mineral type the oceanic plates are made up of?
granic and balsiat liqued instite light
What is the main mineral type that makes up the oceanic plates?
rock
What is the main mineral type that that oceanic plates are up of?
silicon Dioxide-silica
What is the main mineral type of the oceanic plates up of?
granic and balsiat liqued instite light
What is the main rock plate that Oceanic plates are made of?
basalt
What is the main material types that oceanic plates are made up of?
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