GENERAL GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -A rock is a nonliving material made of one or more minerals. There are hundreds of different types of rocks. Some rocks, like granite, are made of several minerals. Some rocks, like limestone, are made mostly of one mineral.

Detailed explanation-2: -Common minerals include quartz, feldspar, mica, amphibole, olivine, and calcite. A rock is an aggregate of one or more minerals, or a body of undifferentiated mineral matter. Common rocks include granite, basalt, limestone, and sandstone.

Detailed explanation-3: -A rock is a naturally occurring solid mass. Both rocks and minerals are associated with each other since a rock consists of one or more minerals. Rocks are classified by three main rock types, and you may be asking why.

Detailed explanation-4: -Minerals are naturally occurring inorganic compounds ("non-living material"). A mineral is a solid material, made of one substance, that occurs naturally on Earth.

Detailed explanation-5: -Granite, Salt, Quartz, and Marble Granite and marble counter tops are made from stone. Granite forms when magma cools within the earth and never erupts from a volcano. The slower it cools, the larger the mineral grains that form. Marble is formed from limestone that is cooked by heat and pressure within the earth.