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In general terms...How would you determine the type of any rock you find while walking around this world?

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The minerals comprising the rock can be identified using common field testing methods for individual minerals, particularly where the texture is sufficiently coarse-grained enough to distinguish the individual minerals with the naked eye or a hand lens.
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