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rodikova [14]
2 years ago
8

What is the difference between a rock and a mineral?

Biology
2 answers:
Zarrin [17]2 years ago
6 0

Answer:

what they are classified as the chemicals in them and what category there in

Explanation:

A mineral is a solid, inorganic, naturally occurring, ordered arrangement of an element or compound that has a fairly specific composition.

kirill [66]2 years ago
4 0

Answer:

rocks are made up of different minerals

in geology a mineral is a naturally occuring chemical compound that can be found in the ground and mountains

Explanation:

example

schist is a rock

some of the minerals inside of schist are :

quartz , graphite and talc

quartz are used in watches

graphite are in pencils

talc used to be used for talcum baby powder

schist is found in the bedrock of new york and is very strong

thats why new york can have such tall buildings

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