Why is quartz a bad mineral to use to determine a metamorphic environment?
A) Because it is not common in metamorphic rocks
B) Because silicate minerals do not metamorphose
C) Because quartz is stable over a wide range of metamorphic settings
D) Because it can only be used in hydrothermal metamorphism
Answer: C
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