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What kind of atoms is sand made up of?
Depends on the rocks which formed sand: silicon dioxide, calcium carbonate, volcanic minerals.
Are all minerals made of one mineral?
True.
What action leads to crystal formation in minerals?
Minerals often take on specific geometric crystal shapes, such as a cube or other polygon. The reason is because minerals are formed with different combinations of atoms or molecules. Different arrangements of these atoms display different geometric crystal shapes.How these atoms and molecules are arranged depends on what kind of atoms or molecules make up the mineral. The same group of atoms or molecules can be arranged in different ways and can end up as different types of minerals. Examining this crystal structure is the most accurate way to identify different minerals since the crystal structure is specific to each mineral.The molecules of the minerals and their solidification into crystals under specific conditions of temperature, solute concentrates, etc.
What is one difference in how rocks and minerals are classified?
A rock is made of 2 or more minerals, minerals make up rocks but rocks cannot make up minerals.
Why can minerals be found in rocks but rocks cannot be found in minerals?
Because rocks are made up of minerals but minerals aren't made up of rocks. Rocks are made up of little bits of many minerals. An example is granite. You know how it has speckles in it? Those are a bunch of mineral grains mixed up to form the rock granite.
Do minerals have atoms?
Yes. All matter is made up of atoms.
What is made out of rocks and minerals?
atoms lol
Is a mineral made up of molecules?
No, minerals are made up of atoms, not molecules. Minerals are naturally occurring inorganic solids with a defined chemical composition and crystal structure. Molecules are made up of bonded atoms, but minerals are composed of a repeating internal structure of atoms arranged in a specific pattern.
Is a rock made of atoms?
Well, rocks are made up of minerals, and minerals are made up of elements and compounds, or molecules. And beyond that is the atom, the basic building block of everything, really. Does that answer your question?
What are the shapes of minerals made by their atoms are arrange?
The shapes are called crystals.
Is a stone made of atoms?
All rock, with few exceptions (like obsidian), is made up of minerals.
Which part of the earth is made mostly of silicate minerals?
The Earth's crust is made mostly of silicate minerals. Silicate minerals are the most abundant minerals in the Earth's crust and are composed of silicon and oxygen atoms.
Are there any minerals in an atom?
An atom is the smallest bit of matter that isn't a sub-atomic particle. Minerals are made of atoms.
What does a mineral mean?
Minerals are the building blocks of rocks. They are non-living, solid, and, like all matter, are made of atoms of elements. There are many different types of minerals and each type is made of particular groups of atoms. Different types of minerals have different crystal shapes.
Like all matter minerals are made of?
Like all matter, minerals are made of atoms, which are the building blocks of the universe. These atoms are arranged in a specific structure that gives each mineral its unique properties and characteristics. Minerals can be identified based on their chemical composition and crystal structure.
What substance contains all type of atoms found in minerals?
Rocks and minerals are made up of various types of atoms such as silicon, oxygen, aluminum, iron, calcium, and others. These atoms are naturally occurring elements that form different combinations and structures to create the wide variety of minerals found in nature.
What are minerals made from?
Minerals, like everything else in the universe, are made up of elements, which are then made up of atoms, etc. A good web-based diagram of the periodic table of the elements can be found here: http://www.webelements.com/
