The economic significance of rocks are-
- Rocks are of great resource value, some directly and some as constituents of minerals.
- Soils are derived from weathering of rocks.
- Almost all types of building materials used for paving roads, floors or building walls of houses or various other structures including bridges come from rocks.
- Rocks are a source of precious metals like gold, silver, platinum etc.
- Apart from minerals and fossil fuels, even rock wastes have now been used in manufacturing various articles.