answersLogoWhite

0

What is a geological mineral?

Updated: 8/21/2019
User Avatar

Rhunter961

Lvl 1
10y ago

Best Answer

inorganic chemical compounds with a wide rage of physical and chemical properties.

User Avatar

Wiki User

10y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: What is a geological mineral?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Related questions

What is the mineral composition of precambrian?

The Precambrian is a geological age, not a mineral.


If so can water be a mineral?

In geological terms, a mineral must be a solid


What are geological resources?

Resources that are extracted from the Earth's crust are geological resources, including rocks and mineral ores. Natural gas, crude oil, coal, copper, and gypsum are geological resources.


What are the geological chemical reactions?

Dissolution, Mineral conversions, Exchange reations, Redox reactions.


What has the author Marcellus Henry Stow written?

Marcellus Henry Stow has written: 'The mineral resources and mineral industry of Virginia' -- subject(s): Mineral industries, Mines and mineral resources, Virginia Geological Survey


Is ruby a mineral or a rock?

The commercial name of the ruby is 'ruby rock'. In geological terms it is called as Goodletite. It is commonly found in Westland and New Zealand.


What has the author Elias Hall written?

Elias Hall has written: 'Introduction to the mineral and geological map of the coal-field of Lancashire' -- subject(s): Coal, Mines and mineral resources


What has the author Albert Ernest Kitson written?

Albert Ernest Kitson has written: 'The utility of geological surveys to colonies and protectorates of the British Empire' -- subject(s): Colonies, Geological surveys 'Outline of the mineral resources of the Gold Coast with hints on prospecting' -- subject(s): Mines and mineral resources


Is Fuller's Earth a rock or a mineral?

The British Geological Survey describe Fuller's Earth as a mineral.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Fuller's Earth is a rock made up mainly from the minerals montmorillonite and/or palygorskite (attapulgite).


What has the author J D Whitney written?

J. D. Whitney has written: 'Names and places' -- subject(s): Geographical Names, Terminology, Geography 'The Geological Survey of California' -- subject(s): Geological Survey of California, Geology, History, Mines and mineral resources 'An address on the propriety of continuing the state Geological survey of California' -- subject(s): Accessible book, Geological Survey of California, Geology 'The metallic wealth of the United States' -- subject(s): Mines and mineral resources 'Report of a geological survey of the upper Mississippi lead region' -- subject(s): Mines and mineral resources, Lead mines and mining, Geology 'The Yosemite Guide-Book' -- subject(s): Accessible book


What mineral forms most of the earth's crust under continents?

It's the geological rocks such as igneous rocks and metamorphic rocks.


What has the author Edward Huntington Cobb written?

Edward Huntington Cobb has written: 'Summaries of data on and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral occurrences in the Solomon quadrangle, Alaska' -- subject(s): Bibliography, Mines and mineral resources, Ore deposits 'Summaries of data on and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral occurrences in the Wiseman quadrangle, Alaska, supplement to Open-file report 76-340' -- subject(s): Ore deposits, Bibliography, Mines and mineral resources 'Summaries of data on and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral deposits in fifteen quadrangles in southwestern and west-central Alaska' -- subject(s): Mines and mineral resources 'Synopsis of the mineral resources and geology of Alaska' -- subject(s): Mines and mineral resources, Geology 'Placer gold occurrences in Alaska' -- subject(s): Gold ores, Bibliography 'Summaries of data on and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral occurrences in the Tanana quadrangle, Alaska, supplement to Open-file report 77-432' -- subject(s): Ore deposits, Bibliography, Mines and mineral resources 'The United States Geological Survey in Alaska' -- subject(s): Geological Survey (U.S.), Geological Survey (U.S.)., Geology, Research 'Index of metallic and nonmetallic mineral deposits of Alaska' -- subject(s): Mines and mineral resources 'Selected Geological Survey, U.S. Bureau of Mines, and Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys reports and maps on Alaska released during 1980, indexed by quadrangle' -- subject(s): Alaska, Alaska. Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, Bibliography, Geological Survey (U.S.), United States, United States. Bureau of Mines