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What is the relationship between silica and density in igneous rocks?

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The color is considered dark if the rock appears as a dark gray to black (pyroxenes, the amphibole Hornblende, the mostly Ca-plagioclases near Anorthite, and Biotite mica. Density is a property that is proportional to the composition of the rock. The higher the amount of silica (felsic) the less dense the rock will be.

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