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Which igneous rock class should be most susceptible to chemical weathering? felsic intermediate mafic ultramafic?

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ultramafic,as components of mafic rocks like olivine and pyroxene solidified at very high temperatures, so mafic minerals will decompose as the result of chemical weathering more rapidly than felsic minerals
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