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What is the earth's crust made up of?


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The earth's crust is made up of rock, a thin layer of rock in fact, that floats on the liquid mantle underneath.

The crust is composed of many minerals and chemical elements, but mainly:
oxygen, silicon, aluminum, iron, calcium, sodium, potassium and magnesium.

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