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A mineral is defined as a naturally occurring crystalline inorganic solid with a regular, ordered structure. Ice meets all those criteria, so it is a mineral.
Ice is just as much a mineral as, say, quartz. The only difference is that the melting temperature of ice is very low, but melting temperature doesn't have anything to do with whether or not something is a mineral.
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When is water a mineral?
Water as a solid, in the form of ice, is considered a mineral when it is naturally occurring. Ice in snow banks is considered a mineral but ice cubes you make in your freezer are not a mineral.
Is ice an mineral?
Yes ice is a mineral because it has all of the physical traits an object needs to be considered a mineral; however, is not a mineral.
When is water minerals?
Water as a solid, in the form of ice, is considered a mineral when it is naturally occurring. Ice in snow banks is considered a mineral but ice cubes you make in your freezer are not a mineral.
Is mineral ice a mineral?
Ice meets the criteria that define a mineral: solid, crystalline structure, definite chemical formula, naturally occuring, and inorganic. Ice is recognized as a mineral by the International Mineralogy Association.
Is ice a form of a rock?
Ice is actually a mineral.
Explain why scientists consider ice to be a mineral?
Scientists consider ice to be a mineral because it is found naturally in nature. Ice has certain properties such as density and chemical composition leading it to be identified as a mineral.
Is ice example of a native mineral is?
No. A native mineral is composed of only one element. Ice, the mineral, is composed of two -- hydrogen and oxygen.
Why is the ice in glacier considered a mineral but the water in a river is not considered a mineral?
Ice in a glacier meets the requirements for being a mineral, because it is natural, homogeneous, solid and crystalline, and has a definite chemical fomula. River water is liquid and therefore also not crystalline, so it is not a mineral. If and when the river water freezes into ice (naturally), that ice is a mineral.
Why is the ice in a glacier consider a mineral but the water in a river is not considered a mineral?
Ice in a glacier meets the requirements for being a mineral, because it is natural, homogeneous, solid and crystalline, and has a definite chemical fomula. River water is liquid and therefore also not crystalline, so it is not a mineral. If and when the river water freezes into ice (naturally), that ice is a mineral.
Is ice cubes an mineral?
no
Why is ice in a glacier consider to be a mineral but water from a glacier is not?
By definition a mineral must be solid. Ice is solid. Water is not.
What mineral group is ice in?
well ice is a solid and in germany we suck it but thats another story
