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Minerals are usually small colored gems, whereas rocks are usually black, grey or white. Also, minerals have a chemical in which makes our bodies better. Those minerals are used in mineral water. Rocks do not have that chemical.
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Minerals are naturally occurring inorganic solids, with a definite chemical formula and a crystalline structure. Rocks are composed of one or more minerals.
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∙ 13y agoMinerals are usually small colored gems, whereas rocks are usually black, grey or white. Also, minerals have a chemical in which makes our bodies better. Those minerals are used in mineral water. Rocks do not have that chemical.
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∙ 15y agoMinerals are naturally occurring inorganic substances that have a 3-dimensional crystalline structure and have distinctive physical and chemical properties. Rocks are a collection of minerals and do not have to have a definite chemical composition.
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∙ 11y agoMinerals are naturally occurring inorganic solids, with a definite chemical formula and a crystalline structure. Rocks are composed of one or more minerals.
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Are rocks made out of different kind of minerals?
Almost all rocks made of minerals, but different rocks contain different mixtures of minerals.
Are rocks the same as minerals?
Rocks are normally combinations of different minerals.
Why do rocks have different colors?
Rocks have different colors because some rocks contain different minerals. the rocks
How do you compare and contrast rocks and minerals?
You can put a Venn Diagram and on top of 1 side you can put rock and on top of another side you put minerals and the middle part is how both are alike. Then you write how minerals are different then rocks on the minerals side and write how rocks are different on the rock side.
How many minerals make up most of the earth's rocks?
20 different kinds of minerals make up 95% of earth's rocks.
Are rocks made out of different kind of minerals?
Almost all rocks made of minerals, but different rocks contain different mixtures of minerals.
what describes the compostition of rocks?
Rocks are made up of minerals. Different rocks consist of different minerals in different proportions.
How are minerals different from rocks?
Rocks contain minerals in them and minerals are just the minerals themselves.
Are rocks the same as minerals?
Rocks are normally combinations of different minerals.
Why do rocks have different colors?
Rocks have different colors because some rocks contain different minerals. the rocks
How are rocks and minarals different?
Rocks are composed of minerals. Minerals are inorganic chemical solids.
Do rocks have minerals in it?
yes most have many different types
What are rocks What are the component of rocks.?
Rocks are composed of minerals.
How do rocks look different from minerals?
minerals make up rocks:O
How do the mountains rocks change colors o the minerals?
When you look at a rock and see different colors, those colors are minerals .The pressure and heat causes the minerals in the rock to change into different minerals which cause the different colors in the rocks.
What rocks and minerals are in the wilderness?
The formations may be different, but the rocks and minerals are the same in inhabited areas and uninhabited areas.
How are moon rocks similar to and different rocks on earth?
Minerals that make up moon rocks are the same minerals that are found on Earth. Some moon rocks have minerals that combine to form kinds of rocks that are not found on Earth. BlueStar(:
