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Minerals that are valued because they contain large amounts of useful elements are called?
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All sillicate minerals contain the elements?
silicon and oxygen
What are the minerals of the periodic table?
Most minerals are compounds, which contain several different elements. The periodic table consists only of elements. And all minerals, without exception, are composed of the elements which are found on the periodic table of elements.
Minerals are Substance composed of two or more elements bonded together in definite proportions?
Substances composed of two or more elements bonded together in definite proportions are chemical compounds by definition. This is not a correct definition for minerals, because some of them are mixtures of more than one compound, and some minerals, such as gold and diamond, are elements instead of compounds.
Feldspar and quartz are examples of what minerals?
The group of minerals in Feldspar contain framework tectosilicates. The compositions of the major elements in the usual feldspars can be identified by three endmembers: Potassium-Feldspar, Albite, and Anorthite.
How are cells related to elements?
They are built of complex hydrocarbons and trace minerals, and contain water, all of which are chemical compounds (of elements). They also need oxygen - itself an element.
All sulfate minerals contain the elements?
All materials and that includes minerals contain the elements. Sulfates contain sulfur and oxygen
The atomic weights of the elements contain fractional amounts because?
all of the above
All carbonate minerals contain the elements .?
All carbon minerals contain antiquity elements.
What are minerals that contain metallic elements called?
They may be called "ores" but the term includes other minerals that contain valuable elements that are not metals.
What do you call rocks and minerals that contain elements extracted through mining?
Rocks and Minerals that contain elements extracted through mining are called Ores. The rocks that contain the minerals are called ores, The minerals that they contain are called ore minerals, and are extracted to be processed in order to recover whatever element it is that is being mined.
What minerals are in oxygen?
Oxygen is an element and, therefore, can contain no minerals (or other elements or compounds). However, many minreals contain oxygen.
All sillicate minerals contain the elements?
silicon and oxygen
What are the minerals of the periodic table?
Most minerals are compounds, which contain several different elements. The periodic table consists only of elements. And all minerals, without exception, are composed of the elements which are found on the periodic table of elements.
Types of minerals that contain large amounts of the element iron are?
oxides and sulfides
What do silicate minerals contain?
They all contain the silicon-oxygen tetrahedron.
Which components of the human diet contain the greatest amounts of sugars and starches?
minerals and milk
What minerals are in gold?
Gold may be pure, or contain silver and copper in varying amounts.
