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How is rock salt classified?
Rock salt (scientific name as a mineral is halite) is a sedimentary or evaporite mineral. The chemical formula is NaCl. Classification after Strunz (8th ed.): 3/A.02-30 Classification after Dana: 9.1.1.1
Which rock on earth is the hardest?
The diamond is the hardest rock (or mineral).
How do the properties of a metamorphic rock change when it becomes a metamorphic rock?
It changes its appearence, texture, crystal structure, and mineral content change. This is the answer according to the Georgia Earth Science book.
How do you become a miner?
You have to know chemistry because you learn rock and mineral. You study earth and rock and mineral.
A substance found on earth that is neither animal nor vegetable?
mineral
How could a determine whether an unknown substance was a mineral?
A mineral is any chemical compound with a constant chemical composition, which of course is the definition of a "pure substance". In earth science you might be distinguishing between "rock" and "mineral". A mineral is a pure substance. A rock is a mixture of two or more minerals in various proportions. For instance, the rock granite is made up of three minerals: quartz, feldspar and biotite (mica).
What is An expert on rock and earth science?
A geologist is an expert on rock and earth science, studying the composition, structure, and processes of the Earth's crust. They analyze rocks, minerals, and land formations to understand geological phenomena such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and plate tectonics. Geologists play a crucial role in fields like mineral exploration, environmental protection, and natural hazard assessment.
Where can you get free rock mineral or gem samples from?
The best way is to visit mineral occurrences and collect them yourself. Search the internet, visit local museums, or a local universities earth science department to find collecting areas near you.
What is any solid mass of mineral or mineral like matter that occurs naturally as part of earth?
a Rock.
Which pair of rocks could only be composed of only one mineral.?
dunite and rock salt. dunite only compose of only olivine and rock salt contain only halite (earth science reference table)
Is Fuller's Earth a rock or a mineral?
The British Geological Survey describe Fuller's Earth as a mineral.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Fuller's Earth is a rock made up mainly from the minerals montmorillonite and/or palygorskite (attapulgite).
Which type of mineral is the main component of most rock on earth?
sillicate
