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Difference between rock forming
Minerals and
non rock
forming minerals

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Rock forming minerals are the natural minerals which are combined to form the rocks. ... While ore forming minerals are those which are combined to form the ores . Ores are like the rocks but formed as the result of special geological process containing the metals with them which can be extracted.

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A mineral is a solid formation that occurs naturally in the earth while a rock is a solid combination of more than one mineral formations which is also occurring naturally. A rock can also contain organic remains and mineraloids apart from regular mineral formations.

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