Anukruti posted an Question
October 08, 2020 • 13:29 pm 30 points
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    Rahul kumar best-answer

    Answer: A and C; Less silica means silica undersaturated rocks. Phonolite (voocanic equivalent of nepheline) syenite have very low silica content and hence considered as silica undersaturated rocks. The percentage of silica in both nepheline syenite and phonolite are same but the difference is that phonolite is volcanic rock and nepheline syenite is plutonic rock.

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    Sajan sarthak Best Answer

    Phonolite contains least sillica ..In QAPF diagram phonolite is the only rock from these options going away from silica end or zero silicau can say ... Nephelline syenite is almost also having zero sillica but the more the away from the Q the less sillica will be. Rhyolite rich in silica. Syenite have volcanic equivalent trachyte is also having silica in good amount.

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