GENERAL GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Rocks are made up of minerals. Some examples of minerals are quartz, feldspar, mica, etc.

Detailed explanation-2: -What are minerals? A mineral is a naturally occurring substance with distinctive chemical and physical properties, composition and atomic structure. Rocks are generally made up of two of more minerals, mixed up through geological processes.

Detailed explanation-3: -All rocks are made of 2 or more minerals, but minerals are not made of rocks.

Detailed explanation-4: -To geologists, a rock is a natural substance composed of solid crystals of different minerals that have been fused together into a solid lump. The minerals may or may not have been formed at the same time. What matters is that natural processes glued them all together.

Detailed explanation-5: -Yes, Minerals are naturally occurring substances and can be found in rocks. Minerals do not have a specific chemical make-up because they are a combination of different solid elements and are not a pure element themselves. Minerals are a mixture of solid elements not liquid or gas.