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What type of rock is exfoliation most common in

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Some of the most common are bedding planes in sedimentary rocks, exfoliation in metamorphic rocks and joints in massive igneous rocks.
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Answer:

Granite or Basalt are the common types of rocks

Step-by-step explanation:

Exfoliation is the term used to describe the peeling away of sheets of rock millimeters to meters in thickness from a rock's surface

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