Tiny particles of iron-bearing magnetic minerals, such as ______, act as a compass needle at mid-ocean ridges when magma erupts and cools recording Earth's magnetic field.?

A) ?quartz
B) ?muscovite
C) ?magnetite
D) ?hornblende


C

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