Mineral + A Different Mineral = Rock

What about shale?

It's a sedimentary rock

yea i know that?

my bad, made out of clay and quarts. read the wiki article

I'm far from a geologist, and I'm running on my school teachings

en.wikipedia (DOT) org/wiki/Shale

Some rocks aren't made outta minerals

example?

I forgot what it's called, but it was a rock made out of shell fragments.

That means its a sedimentary rock, and you are thinking of limestone.

Are we seriously arguing about rocks?

you are missing the joke

Minerals MAKE UP rocks.

No. Minerals do not make up rocks. If someone has a mineral collection, it can also be called a rock collection because minerals are rocks, but not all rocks are minerals.

all rocks are minerals, but not all minerals are rocks. ice for instance is a mineral

well, then it can also be called a visible object collection. A matter collection. A non-metallic collection. you name it.

Yea, but to somebody who hasn't taken Earth Science, they'd just call it a rock collection. What the majority would go for.

SEMANTICS

Common misconception, minerals do make up rocks my friend.

How do you define Mineral? Is it like all the elements of the periodic table, then yes. Because there isn't anything that isn't made out of atoms.

It does not depend on how you define mineral, because there IS NO VARIABILITY. There is only one definition of mineral:
a naturally occurring substance that is solid and stable at room temperature, representable by a chemical formula, usually abiogenic, and has an ordered atomic structure.

It is different from a rock, which can be an aggregate of minerals or non-minerals, and does not have a specific chemical composition. In geology, a rock is a naturally occurring solid aggregate of one or more minerals or mineraloids.

These are direct definitions from a geology textbook bro, don't even try.

Well it's made up of elements from the periodic table but it isn't any of them specifically.

It is not an element on the periodic table it is a solid naturally occurring inorganic mass.

You forgot to mention that all minerals have a definite chemical composition and follow a crystalline structure. Rocks can also be made of mineraloids, such as obsidian, which is a glass not a crystal.

But you are correct in this issue, rocks are made of minerals.

I know I'm just not the best at explaining things.

Rocks are also sold, natural, and inorganic....

Yeah because they're made of minerals.

According to your definition, rocks themselves are minerals (not trueee)

hmm I'm no teacher obviously, I took a college class in this and if I had my notes I could convince you but I'm not an on the spot kind of guy.

I took a college class on this also.

Then how can you have this argument when you know you were wrong from the beginning, my brain is going foggy again from misinformation clogging it.

No, I'm right. For example sedimentary rocks are made out of sediments, not minerals.

yes that's true, I was thinking specifically igneous for some reason, see I have fog brain in the extremes tonight.

You should have said that before.. I feel stupid for wasting my time.

I feel stupid in general, I have the knowledge it's just hard for me to access without having a piece of paper for me to right on.