What kind of rock are minerals?

Answer 1

There are several thousand minerals found in various rocks. The major minerals found in rocks are quartz, feldspars, amphiboles, pyroxenes, micas, and calcite, but there are many more, depending on the origin of the rock.

Answer 2

There is a wide range but principally they are Silica (Silicon Dioxide - the mineral Quartz), and Silicates (Metal + Silica compounds). These form the igneous rocks whose weathering products are sand and the clay minerals, both capable of being formed or incorporated into sedimentary rocks.

A few are [metal + carbon + oxygen] compounds such as calcium carbonate (forms limestone).

Others combine a metal and sulphur, e.g. lead sulphide (galena, the lead ore).

If you stretch the point by including it as a rock-forming mineral, Carbon alone occurs as Graphite and Diamond.

Answer 3

Minerals are naturally occurring inorganic solids with a specific chemical composition and crystal structure. Rocks, on the other hand, are made up of one or more minerals bonded together. Therefore, minerals are not rocks; they are the building blocks that make up rocks.

Answer 4

Impossible answer ! All the types of minerals exist in rocks; the variety is immense.

Answer 5

Copper, electric wires, and Musical Instruments. The three main types of rocks are: Igneous: Metamorphic: Sedimentary: Go to wikipedia.org\rocksandminerals, for more info.

Answer 6

Feldspar is an extremely common mineral. It can be found in many varieties of rock, especially metamorphic or igneous rock types.

Answer 7

all rocks are composed of minerals