Question

All rocks are minerals, but all minerals are NOT rocks. Justify.
Please write your answer only if you know. Or else, just leave it.

Answer 1

Answer:

All ores are minerals while all minerals are not ores as some of them might have a large amount of unwanted substances such as sand, stones and earthly impurities. For example: Aluminium occurs in earth's crust in the form of two minerals bauxite and clay. ... So, clay remains only as mineral and not as ore of aluminum.

Answer 2

Answer:

Rocks are made of minerals, and minerals are not made of rocks.

A mineral is a naturally occurring, inorganic solid with a definite chemical

composition .

A rock is a solid with one or more minerals and organic remains. Only rocks are made up of minerals. Minerals are not make up of rocks