Rocks and Minerals
Rocks and Minerals
One of the most common problems students have is when asked for a rock name and providing a mineral example.
Minerals are naturally occurring, inorganic, crystalline solids with a specific chemical composition.
Rocks are substances that contain at least one mineral. Rocks, like minerals, are inherently linked to the processes that formed them.
In the following exercise, determine whether the sample is a rock or mineral.
definition
a substance that contains at least one mineral or mineraloid.