are stars rocks covered in gas and flames?

Question: are stars rocks covered in gas and flames?
- Keywords:
  flames,
  gas,
  rocks,
  stars
Asked by Nina to Tom on 9 Mar 2015.
- Thomas Barrett answered on 9 Mar 2015:
  
  Stars are big burning balls of gas (mainly Hydrogen with some Helium). They are not rocks, they are so hot rock would turn into a gas!

Question: are stars rocks covered in gas and flames?