A dodo egg is a renewable food item that is randomly left behind by a dodo bird. Dodo eggs are large and oval in appearance with a light blue shell with a wavy pattern or darker areas.
These rocks include andesite, basalt, obsidian, pumice, rhyolite, scoria, and tuff. Pictures and brief descriptions of some common igneous rock types are shown on this page. Diorite is a coarse-grained, intrusive igneous rock that contains a mixture of feldspar, pyroxene, hornblende and sometimes quartz.
Minerals are usually solid, inorganic, have a crystal structure, and form naturally by geological processes. The study of minerals is called mineralogy. A mineral can be made of single chemical element or more usually a compound. There are over 4,000 types of known minerals. Calcite, which is common in seashells, is a carbonate mineral. 2  Oxides include the minerals from which most metals, such as tin and copper, are refined. 3  An oxide consists of an element, usually a metal, joined to oxygen.