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A rock looks like a mixture, but air does not. Heterogeneous Mixtures A heterogeneous mixture is a mixture in which substances are not evenly mixed. For example, granite is a heterogeneous mixture. The substances that make up granite are unevenly mixed. When you look at a piece of granite, you can easily see the different parts.
For example, water is always composed of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom per molecule. Every particle of water in a sample is identical. Compounds are made of identical molecules. Mixtures, on the other hand, are made of more than one type of particle mixed together so the composition can vary. Rubbing alcohol can be obtained as 70% isopropanol/30% water and as 90% isopropanol/10% water. Any proportion of water and alcohol is possible as they completely dissolve in all proportions.