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There are many different chemicals that make up rocks, and these chemicals are made up of a number of different elements. The most usual elements found in rocks include oxygen, iron, aluminum, silicon, calcium, potassium, sodium, sulphur, nitrogen. In various combinations these form a variety of compounds.
Rock is composed of a mineral, or most often, of a combination of minerals. Minerals are inorganic, naturally occurring solids, with a crystalline structure and a fairly definite chemical formula. Examples of minerals would include quartz, pyrite, hematite, magnetite, mica, diamond, corundum, calcite, feldspar, and thousands of others.
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∙ 8y agoRocks are composed of minerals which are composed of elements.
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∙ 12y agoRocks are composed of minerals that have specific chemical formulas that are composed of combinations of elements.
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∙ 14y agoMinerals are the building blocks of rocks.
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∙ 13y agoAtoms.
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What are the Building Blocks of the Earth?
Rocks
Is quartz a silicate mineral that is a basic building block of many rocks?
Well, its more like stuff.
Why are minerals called the building blocks of rock?
Minerals are called the 'building blocks' of rocks because each rock is 'built' with 2 or more minerals. For example, granite is made of feldspar, quartz, and mica. There are more than 2,700 minerals known today. Hope my answer could be helpful.
The building blocks of the silicate minerals is called the what?
Silicate tetrahedra. The tetrahedra are spanned by oxigen atoms, and right in the middle, there is a silicon atom. The chemical formula for one silicate tetrahedron is SiO4 The actual rate between silicon and oxigen can change as the tetrahedra are linked together, as different tetrahedra can share an oxigen atom with eachother.
Blocks of rocks falling into magma?
Stoping
What are the basic building blocks of cells?
Proteins are basic building blocks of the cells.
5 basic building blocks of nutrition?
five basic building blocks of nutrition
Basic building blocks of everything?
the building blocks of life are cells the building blocks of matter are atoms
The basic building blocks of African Society was?
lineage groups were the basic building blocks of African society
What are the Building Blocks of the Earth?
Rocks
What rock is the building blocks of rocks?
Atom
Why is the rock granite a good example for the phrase minerals are the building blocks of rocks?
Granite contains many minerals and minerals are the 'true' building blocks of rocks
What are the most basic building blocks all organisms?
Cells are the building blocks of all organisms.
What mineral is the basic building block in many rocks?
Quartz is the mineral that is the basic building block in many rocks.
What are the building blocks of all rocks?
i think it is streak
Where are cells?
The basic building blocks of life
Are lipids are the basic building blocks of tissue?
no
