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A rock has an orderly, repetitive, geometrical, internal arrangement of minerals; a mineral is a solid mass or aggregate of rocks. |
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A rock consists of atoms arranged in a geometrically repetitive structure; in a mineral, the atoms are randomly bonded without any geometric pattern. |
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In a mineral, atoms are bonded in a regular, repetitive, internal structure; most rocks are an aggregate of minerals. |
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A rock consists of atoms bonded in a regular, geometrically unpredictable arrangement; a mineral is a consolidated aggregate of rock particles. |
