* Rocks are made up of minerals.
Think of it like this:
* Minerals are like the ingredients in a cake (like flour, sugar, eggs).
* Rocks are like the cake itself (made from those ingredients).
Here's a simple breakdown:
* Minerals are naturally occurring, solid substances with a defined chemical composition and a specific crystal structure. Examples include quartz, feldspar, and calcite.
* Rocks are naturally occurring solid aggregates of one or more minerals. Examples include granite (made of quartz, feldspar, and mica), limestone (mainly made of calcite), and sandstone (made of cemented sand grains).
So, a single mineral can be part of many different rocks, but a rock is always composed of one or more minerals.
