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What are the five characteristics of a rock that would make it a mineral?
Five physical characteristics of a mineral are: hardness, luster, diaphaneity, colour, and streak.
Name five common rock forming mineral?
the five most common rock-forming minerals are -quartz -feldspars -micas -amphiboles -pyroxenes
Why isn't a mineral a rock?
A rock is made out of many different minerals. A mineral is a building block that makes up rocks. A rock is like a pizza, and the minerals that make up this 'rock pizza' are things like the crust, the sauce, the pepperoni, and the cheese. Cheese alone does not make pizza, much like one mineral will not make a rock.
Is a pumice rock a rock or a mineral?
Pumice is an extrusive igneous rock, not a mineral.
Is a limestone a rock or mineral?
Limestone is a rock, composed mainly of the mineral calcite.
What are the five characteristics of a rock that would make it a mineral?
Five physical characteristics of a mineral are: hardness, luster, diaphaneity, colour, and streak.
Is the sorcerers stone a rock or mineral?
its a rock but it has certain characteristics of magical minerals
Does a mineral have to be in rocks?
No, to make a rock a mineral does not have to be in it.
What five characteristics of a rock would make it a mineral?
1.solid 2.inorganic 3.natural 4.specific chemical composition 5.crystal-like patterns or structures
Is coal a mineral coal?
no coal doesn't have the 5 characteristics of a rock
What are the five common rock forming mineral?
The most common rock forming mineral groups would be: silicates, carbonates, sulfates, sulfides, halides, and oxides.
Name five common rock forming mineral?
the five most common rock-forming minerals are -quartz -feldspars -micas -amphiboles -pyroxenes
Why isn't a mineral a rock?
A rock is made out of many different minerals. A mineral is a building block that makes up rocks. A rock is like a pizza, and the minerals that make up this 'rock pizza' are things like the crust, the sauce, the pepperoni, and the cheese. Cheese alone does not make pizza, much like one mineral will not make a rock.
Is a toilet bowl a rock or mineral?
Mineral. Various clays are used to make the ceramics of toilets.
Is quartz a mineral or a rock mineral rock Submit?
mineral
What mineral make up the limestone rock?
Mostly calcite.
is rock salt a rock or mineral?
Mineral
