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Q: List the five characteristics a substance must have to be a mineral. Explain why coal and a glass marble or not minerals.?
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List the five characteristics a substance must have to be a mineral. Explain why coal and a glass marble are not minerals.?

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List the five characteristic a substance must have to be a mineral explain why coal and a glass marble are not minerals?

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What characteristiscs do minerals have to have to be a mineral?

Minerals have to have these five characteristics. The five characteristics are solid, crystal structure, chemical composition, made by nature, and inorganic.Those are five characteristics a mineral are required to have to be a mineral.


What is the simplest rock and mineral substance?

Minerals interesting NOT!


What is a defining trait of all minerals?

A mineral is a naturally occurring substance


Loretta finds a substance that she believes is a mineral The first thing she notices about this substance is that it is attracted to magnets Can this be a mineral?

It is a mineral, and is iron rich. Hematite and magnetite are both suggestible minerals


Is the sorcerers stone a rock or mineral?

its a rock but it has certain characteristics of magical minerals


Are minerals made by humans?

There are no man made minerals in existence. The word "mineral" refers to a naturally occuring substance.


Do minerals come from living things?

No, minerals are not alive. A mineral is a naturally occurring solid. The seven characteristics of life are Sensitivity, Breathing (or respiration), Movement, Growth, Feeding, Excretion, and Reproduction. Nothing of the characteristics are held by a mineral.


Why doesn't the ESRT chart give characteristics for every mineral found on earth?

Not all minerals give characteristics


Is metamorphic a type of mineral?

Metamorphic is a group of rocks with similar characteristics. There are minerals in the rocks so they could be considered made of minerals but they are not minerals themselves.


How are rocks minerals and elements related?

a mineral is made up of a element which is a unchangeable substance