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Some minerals are hard yet some are soft. Talc is the softest mineral as diamond is the hardest mineral. You can look at this on the hardness scale. It goes from one to ten, so talc is one as diamond is ten.
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Any group of hard rock forming minerals principal constituent of igneous rocks?
feldspar
What minerals are found in Honolulu?
Hawai'i has numerous minerals. In fact, you could probably find all known minerals here in Hawai'i (but not occurring naturally). The most abundant naturally occurring minerals in Hawai'i are: # Basalt Magnesium Silicate (from Volcanoes) - e.g. lava rock, blue rock, obsidian # Calcium Carbonate (from Coral and hard shell sea creatures) - e.g. Sand
How many minerals are silicate minerals?
90% of minerals are silicate.
What are more important Major minerals or trace minerals?
Major Minerals
How do minerals get to the ocean?
The minerals get into the ocean by when it rains the minerals on land flows into the ocean.
What minerals is minerals is hard but does not cleave?
Quartz.
What is idiochromatic minerals?
idiochromatic minerals are those minerals which have fairly constant colour. they are hard minerals and they posses only in metals
How do you get soft water and hard water?
Soft or hard water has to do with the amount of dissolved minerals in water and what those minerals are. "Harder" water has more dissolved minerals (like calcium.)
Are bone hard because they contain minerals?
Calcium makes them hard.
Why should you drink hard water?
More minerals in hard water
Are Bones are hard because they contain minerals?
Calcium makes them hard.
Can dissolved minerals be romoved from hard water?
no
What make's bone's hard?
hydroxyapatite
Why is water hard or 'soft?
Mineral content. more minerals means hard
Why are minerals important in diet?
minerals make bone hard and are very important in blood composition
What causes hard water?
Dissolved minerals in the water. In most cases it is better to water your garden with hard water instead of treated water. The plants typically like the minerals found in hard water.
Are minerals renewable resource?
No.
