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Minerals are solid, inorganic, naturally occurring, have a fixed chemical composition, and not finally, a perfect internal atomic structure.
Fossils come from organic materials. Therefore, fossils are not considered minerals, although yes, by the time the organic material has fossilized, consists of minerals.
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Would a fossil clam be classified as a mineral?
A fossil is not a mineral.
Is calcite a mineral associated with fossils?
yes
What mineral can fossils be found in?
It depends what fossil you're talking about but normally fossils are found in sedimentary rocks. But diatomaceous earth, and limestones contain fossils, or are made of fossils.
What is a common carbonate mineral that replaces a mineral in fossils?
Calcite is a common carbonate mineral that often replaces the original mineral in fossils during the fossilization process. Calcite can help preserve the structure of the fossil while replacing the original material.
What natural resources does Idaho have?
timber fossils rich mineral
Would You find fossils in quartz?
Quartz is a mineral not a rock. Fossils can be found associated with quartz in sedimentary rock not inside the quartz.
Are crocodiles fossils?
Crocodiles could be considered to be "living fossils" as they have survived on Earth from the time of the dinosaurs.
Are fern fossils considered animals?
Fern fossils come from ferns. Ferns are plants, not animals. Hence, fern fossils are plants, not animals.
Could quartz be considered a mineral?
Quartz is a mineral.
Where can fossils only be found in?
What kind of metamorphic rock has its mineral grains arranged in planes or bands
When is water a mineral?
Water as a solid, in the form of ice, is considered a mineral when it is naturally occurring. Ice in snow banks is considered a mineral but ice cubes you make in your freezer are not a mineral.
How did geologists determine the divisions of the geologic time scale?
Mainly abrupt changes in mineral layers or the fossils in them.
