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I am answering my own question but there are 3000 minerals known to Earth.... if thats just how many rocks that are known to Earth than think about how many minerals that are not known to Earth.
My geological dictionary lists more than 7500 entries. Of which more than 10% will be discrete minerals. There is a list of the top 20 by composition, but that is a matter of opinion and location.
she was best known for study mountains rocks and minerals.
Only 16 minerals are known to be essential in human nutrition.
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I am answering my own question but there are 3000 minerals known to Earth.... if thats just how many rocks that are known to Earth than think about how many minerals that are not known to Earth.
common salt
Alot.
Over 4000.
Minerals can not be man made. If it is than its not a mineral.
Man made minerals
These essential minerals are known as micronutrients or trace elements.
My geological dictionary lists more than 7500 entries. Of which more than 10% will be discrete minerals. There is a list of the top 20 by composition, but that is a matter of opinion and location.
Sir Humphry Davy first isolated magnesium in its pure form.Even before that many compounds and minerals of magnesium were known to man and were used.Best example is epsum salt.
There are 2.484 minerals approved by the International Mineralogical Association.