Multiple choice

Which of the following is correct?

  1. Feldspar has light cream to salmon pink colour and is used in ceramics and glass making.

  2. Pyroxene is white or colourless and used in radio and radar, and is one of the most important components of granite.

  3. Quartz is commonly found in meteorites and is in green or black in colour.

  4. Olivine is commonly found in igneous and metamorphic rocks, and is used in electrical instruments.

  5. Mica is in green or black colour, and is used in asbestos industry.
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Explanation

This is correct. Half of the earth’s crust is composed of feldspar. It has light cream to salmon pink colour and is used in ceramics and glass making.

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