The materials that the Earth's crust is made of are called rocks, and all rocks are made of minerals. 1  Minerals are to rocks what vegetables are to a salad. If you know what vegetables are in your salad, you can tell what kind of salad you have. Likewise, if you can identify the minerals in your rock, you can name it. Minerals are the fundamental unit for understanding rocks.
Portrayal of Meg Giry in The Phantom of the Opera. In the musical, Meg's mother, Madame Giry, is the one who suggests to the theatre managers to put Christine in the leading role of the opera Hannibal once leading lady Carlotta Giudicelli is spooked by the Phantom's threats. Normally she and Christine would be part of the ballet ensemble led by Madame Giry.
She was 73. Howardâs film career included roles in the Christmas comedy Scrooged (as Mrs. Claus), Matilda, Traveler, and son Ronâs Apollo 13, in which she played the mother of imperiled astronaut Jim Lovell (Tom Hanks).