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Mon 19 Apr, 2004 10:46 am
what is the chemical name for a rock?
Re: science
bart619 wrote:what is the chemical name for a rock?
JM: Huh? It depends on what type of rock. Most are not given 'chemical' names, but rather rock names that imply a certain range of chemistries. Did you have one specific rock in mind?
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Joe Meert
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bart619 wrote:what is the chemical name for a rock?
Which rock are you asking about?
See in your Avatar ?
Just near the bottom of that tree ?
Well it's the rock just to the left of the brown one with the beetle crawling over it.
See ?
That's a dung beetle, and that's not a rock it's crawling on
Besides silicon, calcium and oxygen, nearly all the elements are found occasionally. Often the elements are chemically combined, plus different sections of the same rock can have different elements. Rock hounds have given thousands of them names. Some are semi precious such as jade, opel and flint. trace elements give them interesting colors and paterns. Neil
My favorite rock is just...
C
rosborne979 wrote:That's a dung beetle, and that's not a rock it's crawling on
Ahhhhh !
Well it was fairly difficult to see.
Heliotrope wrote:rosborne979 wrote:That's a dung beetle, and that's not a rock it's crawling on
Ahhhhh !
Well it was fairly difficult to see.
Yes, most people don't notice the grasshopper at their feet
*crunch*
Ah.
Oops.
Errrrr, that wasn't yours was it ?
Heliotrope wrote:*crunch*
Ah.
Oops.
Errrrr, that wasn't yours was it ?
Don't worry, whatever it was, I'm sure we've got billions of 'em.
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