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Title: Which of the following best defines a mineral and a rock?
Post by: bromonox on Dec 6, 2015
Which of the following best defines a mineral and a rock?
A) A mineral consists of its constituent atoms arranged in a geometrically repetitive structure; in a rock, the atoms are randomly bonded without any geometric pattern.
B) A rock has an orderly, repetitive, geometrical, internal arrangement of minerals; a mineral is a lithified or consolidated aggregate of rocks.
C) A rock consists of atoms bonded in a regular, geometrically predictable arrangement; a mineral is a consolidated aggregate of different rock particles.
D) In a mineral the constituent atoms are bonded in a regular, repetitive, internal structure; a rock is a lithified or consolidated aggregate of different mineral grains.


Title: Re: Which of the following best defines a mineral and a rock?
Post by: Pulsa on Dec 12, 2015
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Title: Re: Which of the following best defines a mineral and a rock?
Post by: bromonox on Dec 15, 2015
This answers my question, marking this solved.