A rock is composed of combinations of minerals, each mineral having its own chemical formula and crystalline structure. Minerals are composed of an element or combination of elements. Granite, for instance, is an intrusive igneous rock composed ofthe minerals quartz, feldspar, mica, hornblende, and other combinations or ratios of minerals.
A mineral is a naturally-occurring inorganic (there are some exceptions to this) crystalline solid (though Mercury is regarded as a mineral) with a specific chemical composition and a characteristic internal regular geometric arrangement of atoms, sometimes expressed as natural crystal faces.
A rock is an aggregate of one (such as quartzite) or more (such as granite) mineral particles formed through either crystallization of molten magma (igneous rocks), settling of particles (sedimentary rocks), or reheating and pressure applied to pre-existing rocks (metamorphic rocks), with no set chemical composition or atomic structure.
A rock is formed from minerals; a mineral may be considered as a chemical compoud with a chemical formula. The rock is a mixture.
well the mineral is inorganic and the rock isn't
correct me if I'm wrong
Rocks are made of minerals.
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Rock gypsum
Foliation
Pumice is an extrusive igneous rock, not a mineral.
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.
Mineral bands are light and dark colored because they are different types of rock. In the rock cycle different types of rock can stack on top of each other, this can be subducted into the earth near the Mantle where there is enough pressure the rocks can start to melt and change. Because different types of rock metamorphose into different rocks you can have many layers in a type of rock. These can be light or dark colors depending on the rock.
A rock is made of different minerals.
Rock gypsum
sulfur rock
The mineral cleavage is made up of many other particles to form a rock when the rock cleavage is just a rock.
No. A rock is an assemblage of at least two different minerals. One mineral can't be two or more minerals.
Each rock has a different composition.
No. Igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks are three different categories of rock.
mineral
Mineral
A mineral is a naturally occuring chemical compound. A mineral is different from a rock/boulder which can be an aggregate of minerals, or non minerals and does not have a specific chemical composition as a mineral does
Foliation
arrangement of mineral grains within the rock