Question

What are rocks made up of? Are rocks elements, compound or mixture? Explain.

Answer 1

Answer:

Minerals are elements or compounds that occur naturally in the Earth's crust. Rocks are mixtures formed of minerals. Just as elements are the building blocks of minerals, so minerals form the building blocks of rocks. ... The 'other' elements include copper, uranium, gold and silver.

Answer 2

Rocks are made up of minerals and ores. They come under the category of mixtures.

• Rocks are generally made up of a cluster of minerals and ores. It could be categorized simply as a mixture of minerals.
• However, the minerals that make up the rocks generally exist in elemental form or as compounds.
• From the rocks, the desired minerals are extracted either as compounds or in elemental form through various techniques. This depends mainly upon the type of mineral that is to be extracted.
• These rocks are formed under various geographical conditions depending upon which different minerals can be found on different types of rocks.

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