Which of the following best defines a mineral and a rock?
A) A rock has an orderly,repetitive,geometrical,internal arrangement of minerals; a mineral is a lithified or consolidated aggregate of rocks.
B) A mineral consists of its constituent atoms arranged in a geometrically repetitive structure; in a rock,the atoms are randomly bonded without any geometric pattern.
C) In a mineral the constituent atoms are bonded in a regular,repetitive,internal structure; a rock is a lithified or consolidated aggregate of different mineral grains.
D) A rock consists of atoms bonded in a regular,geometrically predictable arrangement; a mineral is a consolidated aggregate of different rock particles.
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