Geo-Rant 135: Why you don’t find olivine grains in sandstones.

Here is Bowen’s Reaction series:

[casualcarolinafishing]

I listened to 12 minutes of ranting to find out that some of the mud in the Mississippi was once a crystal way up in Ontario. Sheeesh Steve, you've really got this ranting stuff down to a science.😁

[foobargorch]

yes, it makes a lot of sense. thank you for these videos!

[laurajarrell]

Well, that threw me, I thought it was composition! Beard is sure looking good. Whale is really a name, come on. lol. And it's immature. Uh huh! lol, good rant. 👍🥰✌😷🎃

[murciegacoco]

Yet you find green beaches, sand mainly composed of olivine with the potential to create a olivine wacky if, say, the ocean goes up quickly. What about beryl? Does it resist weather well? It should right?

[AMcAFaves]

Is there a physical or chemical connection between a mineral forming first and chemically weathering first? That is, is the reason it forms first cause the reason it weathers first?