Rocks can contain almost any of the over 4,000 valid mineral species. Silicate minerals are contained in a large percentage of crustal rocks.
No. But rocks are composed of minerals.
Rocks and minerals are not alike unless a rock is made of just one mineral (eg a Quartzite or an Anorthosite). Normally rocks are made of one or more minerals.
== == Clastic sedimentary rocks.
rocks are made out of poo, wee, spongebob and patrick and guts and more spongebob
Rocks which are made of minerals can be made up of many minerals and they can also be made up of only one mineral. Generally rocks are made of two or more minerals
Rocks may be made of one type of mineral or a combination of several.
No, not all rocks are made of minerals. Rocks can be composed of minerals, but there are also rocks that are formed from non-mineral materials such as volcanic glass or organic matter.
Well coal is a rock and rocks are made up of one or more minerals. So technically coal is a mineral because it is a rock and rocks are made of minerals.
A rock is not a mineral however a rock is made of several minerals
no a rock is a mixture of 2 elements or more so it would not be possible
statues are made from a mineral or rock called granite which is part of sediment rocks.
Because different rocks are formed by different processes and made up of different mineral assemblages.