When feldspar is attacked by carbonic acid it forms ________.

A. potassium, calcium, and bicarbonate ions
B. water, clay, and potassium
C. potassium feldspar, which does not undergo chemical weathering
D. clays and halite
E. a clay mineral


Answer: E

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