What's the difference between rocks and minerals?A mineral is a naturally occurring, inorganic solid with a definite chemical composition and a crystalline structure formed by a geological processes. A rock is an aggregate of one or more minerals where as a rock may also include organic remains and mineraloids.
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it would need to gain 2 more for it to achieve a stable configuration
the best way to remember this is the noble gasses all have 8 valence electrons and that they are the most stable elements on the periodic table
Its an element Im pretty sure
