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Difference between Phase, heterogenous and state of matter and solution

My question has already been answered in parts at Difference between state of matter and phase

But for deep and real understanding I have to ask for the difference between phase and a heterogenous mixture :

Say we have a bowl made of glass. The bowl is filled with a few different solid rocks on the ground, water in the middle and some oil on top.

I try to analyse this situation for understanding:

  • There is a phase of oil on the top
  • There is a phase of water in the middle
  • There is a phase of rocks on the ground
  • Since the rocks on the ground are not equally the same they are a bunch of single phases that do not mix up to each other
  • The rocks on the ground are also a heterogenous mixture
  • The air above the water is a phase of gas
  • The glass is a solid phase of silicon

Is that correct?