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What kind of minerals float?

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There are different kinds of minerals that float. This will mostly depend on the surface area properties of the mineral. Some of the minerals that float on water include oil, copper ore and so many more.

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pumice.

Although the mineral float due to pockets of gas trapped inside its matrix, not because the mineral itself has a density less than water.

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less dense than water

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