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What is the difference between fossil rocks and non fossil rocks?
fossil rock has to be sedimentary, never igneous nor metamorphic, it contains dead very old plants, creatures any kind..... and that suggests a suitable environment for preservation; quick burial and...
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What is fossil rocks?
Fossil rocks are rocks containing the bones of ancient animals like dinosaurs. Also the shells of clams, snails, sea urchins, corals, plants: in fact the remains, traces or indications of life in the...
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Is a fossil a rock?
Often, but not always! The definition of a fossil is a whole, part or impression of an organism from a past geologic age, embedded in natural materials, such as rock, sediment, resin, petrified...
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Can a rock be a fossil?
A rock cannot be a fossil, but it can have a fossil in it. Rocks are composed of one or more minerals while fossils are the remains or traces of organisms from the past.
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Are fossils in rocks?
FOSSILS are found in sedimentary rocks. sedimentary because the rocks have been under water for over millions years and build layers till it made a cliff. THIS IS ROCK CYCLE