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- 1What is the difference between Mafic and Felsic?Mafic - higher in heavier elements. Usually dark in colour and have high specific gravities e.g. olivine, pyroxene, amphibole, biotite, plagioclase. Basalt and gabbro.
Felsic - silicon and oxygen, aluminium and potassium. Light in colour and specific gravities less than 3. Quartz, muscovite, orthoclase feldspar. Granite.
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