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All minerals are rocks, but not all rocks are minerals
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Minerals are single, naturally occurring crystalline substances (e.g., quartz). Rocks are aggregates of one or more minerals (or mineraloids/organic matter). So a mineral is not automatically a rock, and some rocks (e.g., obsidian, coal) are not minerals.
Minerals are single, naturally occurring crystalline substances (e.g., quartz). Rocks are aggregates of one or more minerals (or mineraloids/organic matter). So a mineral is not automatically a rock, and some rocks (e.g., obsidian, coal) are not minerals.
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