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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?
Do beans have genetic material?
anything that was once living has genetic material
How was material that was once living in the soil is called?
Do you mean; what is the material.... fossils.
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
