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The fine-grained soil are composed of __________

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The fine-grained soil are composed of __________

(a) Crystalline minerals and Amorphous materials

(b) Primary minerals

(c) All of the mentioned

(d) None of the mentioned

The question was posed to me in an internship interview.

I'm obligated to ask this question of Solid Particles in Soil topic in chapter Soil Structure and Clay Minerology of Geotechnical Engineering I

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The correct answer is (a) Crystalline minerals and Amorphous materials

To elaborate: Many investigations by Girm (1959) show that the fine-grained soil is composed predominantly of crystalline minerals and amorphous materials.

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