Multiple Choice
Which of the following does NOT commonly occur when dark-colored mafic rocks weather?
A) Mafic minerals weather to clay minerals by hydrolysis.
B) Iron-bearing minerals can oxidize to form the iron oxide mineral hematite.
C) The abundant quartz in the rocks dissolves and forms silica-rich spring deposits.
D) Some minerals weather at different rate than other minerals.
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