The main menerals found in rock?
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The main minerals found in rock are as follows :
- Amphiboles
- Quartz
- Feldspars
- Pyroxenes
- Micas
- Garnet
- Calcite
- Olivine
- Rocks and made up of minerals. Minerals are substances that occur naturally in the earth's Crust and have definite chemical composition.
- Rock in which a particular minerals found in large percentage and is known as ore of that mineral.
- For example, Aluminium is extracted from an ore called bauxite and iron from haematite.
- Minerals may vary in colour, texture, hardness and lustre.
- Diamond is the hardest mineral. Even the common salt which is used in cooking is a mineral.
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The main minerals found in rock are as follows :
Amphiboles
Quartz
Feldspars
Pyroxenes
Micas
Garnet
Calcite
Olivine
Rocks and made up of minerals. Minerals are substances that occur naturally in the earth's Crust and have definite chemical composition.
Rock in which a particular minerals found in large percentage and is known as ore of that mineral.
For example, Aluminium is extracted from an ore called bauxite and iron from haematite.
Minerals may vary in colour, texture, hardness and lustre.
Diamond is the hardest mineral. Even the common salt which is used in cooking is a mineral.
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