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What type of rock are index minerals and why are they important?
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What kind of mineral is a rock?
Rocks are made up of minerals, so a certain type of rock will have several different types of minerals in it. Minerals are what rocks are made up of! It depends on what kind of rock you're wondering about to know which minerals its made up of.
Is a metamorphic rock with no banding a nonfoliated rock?
Yes, the other type is a foliate rock with bands of minerals.
Is porcelain a type of sedimentary rock?
Porcelain is not a type of sedimentary rock, but it is a man-made material produced from the heating of certain minerals.
What type of rock texture results when extreme pressure causes minerals in metamorphic rock to realign or when minerals separate out into dark and light bonds?
Foliated texture
Which type of rock contains minerals arranged in crystals and forms when molten rock cools and turns solid?
Igneous rock.
What are the minerals in a rock?
Well, the minerals in rocks vary depending on the type of rock.
What type of rock is the Mushroom Rock?
it is a minerals
What type of rock is magma made of?
Magma IS made of melted rock and minerals. Not what type of rock. All types of rock.
What type of rock is gray slag?
minerals
What are minerals that form in intrusive rock?
I dont know but an intrusive rock is a type of igneos rock
What type of sedimentary rock forms from weathered particles of rocks and minerals?
Sandstone is the sedimentary rock formed from weathered rock.
What type of salt has several minerals and no toxins?
Rock Salt
What kind of mineral is a rock?
Rocks are made up of minerals, so a certain type of rock will have several different types of minerals in it. Minerals are what rocks are made up of! It depends on what kind of rock you're wondering about to know which minerals its made up of.
Is a metamorphic rock with no banding a nonfoliated rock?
Yes, the other type is a foliate rock with bands of minerals.
What type of weathering occurs when reactions dissolve the minerals in rock?
We apply the term chemical weathering to the (chemical) reactions that occur and dissolve minerals in rock.
What kind of rock is conchoidal?
Conchoidal is a type of rock fracture indicative of certain rocks and minerals.
What type of chemist would study rock minerals?
It wouldn't be a chemist; a type of scientist called a petrologist or mineralogist studies rocks and their minerals.
