Minerals and rocks are the essential building blocks of the geosphere. Although there are over 3,000 species of minerals, only a few of them, such as quartz, feldspar, mica, amphibole, pyroxene, olivine and calcite, occur commonly as rock-forming minerals.inerals and rocks are the essential building blocks of the geosphere. Although there are over 3,000 species of minerals, only a few of them, such as quartz, feldspar, mica, amphibole, pyroxene, olivine and calcite, occur commonly as rock-forming minerals.
dad - an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk. dada, daddy, pa, papa, pappa, pop. begetter, father, male parent - a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father); his father was born in Atlanta.
Under the Uniform Parentage Act of 2002, the father can be any of the following: The presumed father, one who was married to the birth mother at conception or lived with the child for the first two years of the child's life and treated the child as his. A man who acknowledged paternity.