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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.
Why are there so many types of rocks?
Different rock are made by the many different events that lead to their creation. Other rock just have different amounts and types of minerals, creating different rock with hardness, texture, color, and shape patterns.
What are Rocks made from fragments of minerals or other rocks called?
Clastic sedimentary rock.
Why so many types of rocks?
There are many types of rocks because of different texture, and composition. For example, igneous rock is mostly consist of Iron and Nickel. Sedimentary consists of a lot of composition because it made up of the cementation of other rocks. Heat and pressure creates metamorphic rocks.
What types of rock are found in the Great Barrier Reef?
it is made up of coral and sands not rocks
How does the sedimentary rocks change into other types of rocks?
by the rock cycle :)
What are the two types of crust and what type of rocks are they made of?
igneous rock and sedimentary rock
What rock is made from particles of other rocks?
Clastic sedimentary rock is composed of cemented particles of other rocks.
Is metamorphic rocks made up of sedimentary rock igneous rock or other metamorphic rocks?
Metamorphic rocks
A sedimentary rock made up of fragments of other rocks such as Breccia is?
A sedimentary rock made up of rock fragments or particles of other rocks is called 'clastic'.
Conglomerate rocks are made of what rocks?
Conglomerates are sedimentary rocks where a fine grained matrix contains a large number of larger rounded pebble or rock sized clasts. These clasts are frequently pebbles made up from a variety of other rock types.
The earth's crust is made up of what three types of of rocks?
no, the eaath is made of five different types of solid rock.
What are rocks that are made up of pebbles cemented together with other sediments?
If the pebbles are rounded, then the rock is a conglomerate. If the pebbles have sharper edges, the the rock is a breccia. Both are types of sedimentary rock.
How do intrusive rocks relate to below ground?
Intrusive rocks are formed when rock is squeezed into underground cavities in other types of rock, where it crystallizes.
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.
Why are there so many types of rocks?
Different rock are made by the many different events that lead to their creation. Other rock just have different amounts and types of minerals, creating different rock with hardness, texture, color, and shape patterns.
What are Rocks made from fragments of minerals or other rocks called?
Clastic sedimentary rock.
