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Author Question: Which of the following substances is not a mineral: gold, water, ice? Why? What will be an ideal ... (Read 18 times)

justinmsk

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on: Jul 16, 2018
Which of the following substances is not a mineral: gold, water, ice? Why?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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If concrete is made by mixing cement with gravels and sands, is concrete a rock? Why or why not?
 
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Reply #1 on: Jul 16, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: Water is not a mineral because it is not solid.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: Although cement is mixed with aggregate gravels and sands to make concrete, the process itself is a human-made process and therefore the result is not a rock.


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