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Why are there more different types of rocks then minerals?
Elements make up minerals, and minerals make up rocks. There are more combinations of minerals (themselves combinations) than elements.
Is a rock a type of mineral?
Some may be. Minerals are: 1. Solid 2. Naturally formed 3. composed of a crystalline structure 4. Made of inorganic materials. But rocks are: 1. Solid 2. Made of a solid mixture of crystals 3. Made of one or more minerals 4. Can be organic and inorganic (coal, a rock, is an organic material)
Why is granite a rock?
It is a solid, naturally occuring, inorganic substance composed of two or more minerals. That makes it a rock.
Repeating pattern of a minerals atoms in a solid shape?
crystal
A solid form of a substance that has an orderly internal arrangement?
minerals .
What is the solid aggregate for one or more minerals?
Rocks
What is formed by two or more minerals?
A rock is a solid, naturally created material of possibly one, but usually two or more minerals.
What is a naturally formed solid in the crust made of one or more minerals?
rock
What is the word for a solid that is usually made up of two or more minerals?
ore
Are all minerals solid?
Yes, a mineral can not droop or melt .
What is the similar thing about rocks and minerals?
Rocks are solid naturally occurring matter consisting of one or more minerals. Minerals are solid naturally occurring chemical elements or compounds having definite chemical composition and specific arrangements of atoms.
What is the the difference between rocks and minerals?
Rocks are solid substainces that are made of 2 or more minerals and can have organic matter in them as well. On the other hand, minerals are naturally formed inorganic solids that have definite crystalline structures. Rocks and minerals are made through different processes.
Solid material made of one or more minerals or other substances?
rock
Are harder minerals more useful than softer minerals?
Depends on the useage.
Does andesite thus have more or less dark minerals?
That depends on what you are comparing it to. It has more dark minerals than rhyolite but fewer than basalt.
What is a good definition for a rock?
A rock is a naturally occurring solid aggregate of one or more minerals
Are all minerals a solid?
no
