Physical properties like clevage,fracture,color, ect.
Coal is not a mineral. A mineral is a solid non-organic substance. Coal is an organic substance.
Hydroxylapatite is the mineral substance in bone. It is a calcium compound.
No, a mineral is a hard substance
To be a mineral, a substance must meet certain criteria. One of these is that the substance be solid. Mineral oil does not meet this requirement.
catagorize
how might you decide whether a given substance is a mineral
how might you decide whether a given substance is a mineral
how might you decide whether a given substance is a mineral
mineral... the answer is a mineral
formed naturally
You can't.
A mineral is a naturally occurring substance