It doesn't have a very precise meaning. It can refer to an individual substance in a rock, such as quartz in granite. It can also be used for mixtures like a metal ore or rock salt. More generally, it can simply mean non-living.
It depends on what you mean by mineral. A mineral is a 'wide range' term. The only one I know of is Alexandrite, but that is a color-changing mineral, not exactly blue all of the time.
its a compound
Rb is not a known indicator for the mineral diamond.
i think equiment.
A fluid
it means if the mineral is fragile or not, and this all depends on the Mohs hardness scale
It is not a mineral because it is organic and minerals are inorganic. GO SCIENCE! - crazyone
Silicate - describes a mineral that contains silicone and oxygen and usually one or more other elements.
Science, my friend. Science
A mineral is a naturally occuring, non-aggregate, solid and stable at room temperature substance with a specific chemical formula.
a mineral that has a low number on the mohs scale
It is a mineral, learned it in science Yep you are absolutely right, its a mineral! thanx!
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gem, mineral, magma, volcano, and inorganic is 5 earth science words
because science says so
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In mineralogy, streak is the powder from a mineral when you rub it against a light colored hard surface. Streak is used to identify some minerals.