Question

Limestone is a mono-mineralic rock (i.e. a rock mainly made of a single mineral) of calcite. Glacier ice is actually a mono-mineralic rock. It is composed of which mineral?

Options

• Water

• Carbon

• Silica

• Iron

Answer 1

Water

Explanation:

Glacier ice is classified as a mono-mineralic rock because it is composed almost entirely of a single mineral, which is solid water (crystalline ice, H₂O).