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Using the order of crystallization on the Bowen's Reaction Series, rate the resistance of silicate minerals to chemical weathering. In other words, which mineral(s) weather first and why? And last?
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Olivine, which forms at high temperature and high-pressure conditions, is less stable in surface conditions and will therefore weather first. Quartz, forming at low temperature and low-pressure conditions similar to those at the surface, is more resistant to weathering and will weather last.
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