Mineral growth in magmas at the surface with temperatures around 1000 to 1200 C occurs in the following way:
A) Iron and magnesium will link up with aluminum and the silicon-oxygen tetrahedron as magma temperature decreases to sequentially form four distinct and discontinuous families of minerals-olivine,pyroxene,amphibole,and biotite mica.
B) Calcium will combine with aluminum and the silicon-oxygen tetrahedron to begin forming the plagioclase feldspar family,a continuous and gradational series of minerals.
C) Both of these are correct.
D) Neither of these is correct.
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