A few days ago
Anonymous

can a geologist ask a biochemist to help him identify minerals in a rock?explain?

please explain ur self properly the rock has been made by nature’s reactions not as chemically by human hand if u can give me a website also and if we can discuse on yahoo messenger leave ur messenger address thank you

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A few days ago
Antony1871

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In view of recent events it has been known that certain minerals are present in alot of marine life for example a barnicle or even coral. The sediment that has settled to form rock formations is alot of times filled with microscopic organisms. So in respect to that a a geologist would be asking a biochemist that question. Then there are cases of dinosaur eggs that have undergone the petrification process too, and the petrified trees and such too.
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A few days ago
pink
a geologist could ask a biochemist if there is living matter or once was living matter in the rocks…..a chemist could analyze the chemical make-up of the substances found there

So………..if you have a fossilized skeleton in the rock….and want to determine what possibly caused this creature to meet its demise…….you could collaborate with both the biology and the chemistry of the subject being studied to come up with a theory about its death.

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A few days ago
Jimee77
Sure, there are lots of way. Spectral analysis and flame tests are a couple of ways a chemist can identify minerals in rock.
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