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Geology (ROCKS) Part 2 with Schmitty Thompson

Ologies with Alie Ward

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Is Ice a Rock?

If it is naturally occurring ice, like a snow bank that has solidified, or a glacier, them's a rock. How hot does rock have to be to melt? Or does that really depend on the rock? Ice is kind of in its own category. Yo. There is debate about this, and i triple checked, and if it seems icy, it's because it is. So no, the ice cubes in your freezer are not minerals or rocks. However, if it isaturally occurring ice,like a snowbank that hassolidified, they're a rock. If you would heat up a rock until it became lava magma, ice would just be vapor by that point.

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