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Among primary minerals, most resistant to weathering is

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Correct Answer: Option A
Quartz is among the group of primary minerals that is highly resistant to weathering. Its high hardness and lack of cleavage make it quite resistant to mechanical weathering. Quartz is itself an agent of mechanical wreathing in the form of blowing desert sand.
However, Weathering is the breaking down or dissolving of rocks and minerals on Earth’s surface.
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