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The rocks you see around you - the mountains, canyons & riverbeds, are all made of minerals.

A rock is made up of 2 or more minerals.

Think of a chocolate chip cookie as a rock.

The cookie is made of flour, butter, sugar & chocolate.

The cookie is like a rock and the flour, butter, sugar & chocolate are like minerals.

You need minerals to make rocks, but you don't need rocks to make minerals.

All rocks are made of minerals.

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