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A mineral cannot be?
Formed from once living material
Coal like graphite is composed of carbon.Unlike graphite coal is formed from decayed once-living matter is it a mineral?
No, coal is not a mineral because a mineral has to be inorganic meaning that it can not be made by a life process.
What dies minerals mean?
A mineral is a solid, inorganic substance with a crystalline structure that is found in nature. They are neither man made nor living and were not formed from once living things.
How does a petrified forms?
how does a pertrifiedfossil form???? When a mineral slowly takes the place of original, once-living material petrified fossils form this way
To be a mineral it must have a definite chemical composotion this means?
its either a copmound or element material made by humans part of living thing not made of materials that were once part of living things
How does a petrified fossil form?
how does a pertrifiedfossil form???? When a mineral slowly takes the place of original, once-living material petrified fossils form this way
Are oak leaves a mineral?
A mineral is defined as an inorganic material (it never lived). An oak leaf is or once was a living thing, and is organic. So, it cannot be classified as a mineral, although it containsminerals.
A soil sample contains living and nonliving materialswhich material was once living?
A soil sample contains living and nonliving materials. Which material was once living?
How was material that was once living in the soil is called?
Do you mean; what is the material.... fossils.
Do beans have genetic material?
anything that was once living has genetic material
Suppose you have a sugar solution and let it evaporate leaving sugar crystals behind. Are these minerals?
No, because a sugar solution is not a mineral. It is a user friendly, hands-on method of explaining how minerals are formed in nature.
Sedimentary rocks that form from living or once-living material are called?
Organic
