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What is a compound minerals?
a compound mineral is a mineral that is made up of more than one element
Is a rock a type of mineral?
Some may be. Minerals are: 1. Solid 2. Naturally formed 3. composed of a crystalline structure 4. Made of inorganic materials. But rocks are: 1. Solid 2. Made of a solid mixture of crystals 3. Made of one or more minerals 4. Can be organic and inorganic (coal, a rock, is an organic material)
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 is metamorphic rock hard?
because a metamorphic rock is made up of different rocks.
What is a solid aggregate or mass of minerals?
A solid aggregate or mass of minerals is called a rock. Rocks are made up of one or more minerals and can be classified into three main types based on how they are formed - igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks.
A what is made up of one or more what?
rock and minerals
What made rocks?
Rocks which are made of minerals can be made up of many minerals and they can also be made up of only one mineral. Generally rocks are made of two or more minerals
Can rocks be minerals?
Rocks are not minerals, but they are made up of minerals. A mineral is a naturally occurring inorganic solid with a definite chemical composition, while a rock is a combination of one or more minerals. So, rocks can be composed of one or more minerals.
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.
What is an inorganic substance made up of one or more minerals?
Generally, rock.
Is a mineral made up of more than one rock?
No, a mineral is not made up of rocks. Minerals are naturally occurring, inorganic substances with a specific chemical composition and crystal structure. Rocks, on the other hand, are aggregates of minerals or mineraloids.
Non-living substances made up of one or more minerals are known as?
LavaRocks
What is a compound minerals?
a compound mineral is a mineral that is made up of more than one element
Non living substances made up of one or more minerals are known as?
LavaRocks
What makes up a rock-?
A mixture of one or more minerals or mineral-like materials
How are rocks and minerals alike?
Rocks and minerals are both naturally occurring solid substances found in the Earth's crust. Minerals are the building blocks of rocks, as rocks are made up of one or more minerals. Both rocks and minerals have characteristic physical and chemical properties that can be used to identify them.
Are most minerals made of rock?
No. It is more appropriate to say that rocks are naturally occurring substances made up of of minerals.
