Maybe minerals is a type of structures of phosphates or carbonates
crystal structure
Silicate minerals contain only silicon and oxygen. These minerals are the most abundant group of minerals in the Earth's crust and exhibit a wide variety of chemical compositions and crystal structures.
How magnetism can be useful for identifying minerals
How magnetism can be useful for identifying minerals
No, not all minerals have crystalline structures. Some minerals, called amorphous minerals, do not have a regular crystalline structure and instead have a disordered atomic arrangement. Examples of amorphous minerals include opal and glass.
There are a lot of structures existing, the two most common is a body centered crystals (BCC) and face centered crystals (FCC). These crystals sits together and build up grains, grains contains the same type of structures.
The six main crystalline structures of silicate minerals are isolated tetrahedra, single chain, double chain, sheet, framework, and ring structures. Each structure is based on how the silicate tetrahedra are arranged and linked together in the mineral's crystal lattice.
Minerals form crystal structures.
No. Minerals are a type of nonliving matter.
By definition, a mineral must have a crystal structure.
all different types of minerals
Certain minerals are stronger than others because of the way their atomic structures are arranged.