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Rock facts
1. Most rocks have a number of minerals in common. In other
words, only a small number of minerals are very common.
2. Most rocks are heterogeneous. This means that they are made of
two or more different minerals and are not the same throughout.
3. Some (very few) rocks are homogeneous or monominerallic.
This means that they are made of only one type of mineral and
they are the same throughout.
4. Rocks are divided into 3 major classes. They are sedimentary,
igneous, and metamorphic.
5. Rocks are classified by how they formed or origin.
6. Structure, texture, and composition (what a rock is made of) help
us to figure out the environment that the rock formed in (origin).