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Q: Are fossils minerals
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Is marble and fossils are non metallic minerals?

fossils are not metallic minerals. marbles are non metallic minerals.


Fossils in which replace all or part an organism?

The fossils belong to Petrifaction type of preservation.


Are fossils an example of minerals?

In a way,yes.


What do minerals seeping into an organisms remains form?

Fossils.


What are the difference types of fossils?

Mold fossils- an empty space is left when an organism is buried in sedimentary and it decays.Cast fossils- Minerals in rocks fill space left by a decayed organism.(replica)Trace fossils- Markings left by an animal. (footprints, trail, or burrow)Petrified fossils- Minerals penetrate and replace all or part of an organism.Imprint fossils


Why are fossils not considered a mineral?

Minerals are solid, inorganic, naturally occurring, have a fixed chemical composition, and not finally, a perfect internal atomic structure. Fossils come from organic materials. Therefore, fossils are not considered minerals, although yes, by the time the organic material has fossilized, consists of minerals.


Can petrified fossils form when the minerals in water make a copy of the organism?

Yes petrified fossils can form that way :)


Minerals seeping into an organisms remains form what?

Minerals seeping into an organisms remains form fossils. sediment


What are different types of fossills?

Mold fossils- an empty space is left when an organism is buried in sedimentary and it decays.Cast fossils- Minerals in rocks fill space left by a decayed organism.(replica)Trace fossils- Markings left by an animal. (footprints, trail, or burrow)Petrified fossils- Minerals penetrate and replace all or part of an organism.Imprint fossils


What are most fossils made up of?

most fossils are made of minerals, because when bones are buried, water slowly seeps into them, carrying in minerals, and carrying out some of the bone, until it is completely mineral.


What Minerals are found in the Grand Canyon?

fOSSilesied fossils and diamonds and ruby


In the 1960s minerals and fossils in Africa were found to be identical to those in?

South America