The Rock-Forming Minerals. Geology 101: Minerals Part 3

There are roughly 7,000 known minerals on Earth. You need to know about ten of them. In the third installment of the Camp Geo Intro to Minerals series, Chris and Jesse finish the minerals chapter by working through the rock-forming minerals — the short list that makes up the overwhelming majority of the rocks in Earth's crust — and by explaining where minerals actually come from in the first place. Before the top-ten list, they step outside the silicates. Just as the silica tetrahedron define...