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oxides and sulfides
sulphur
Minerals (other than elemental minerals) are combinations of elements.
It is not a compound, the element is encountered as diatomic species, O2. Compounds consist of two or more different elements.
An atom is the smallest component of any element having all the chemical properties of that specific element. A compound is a substance consisting of two or more different elements. Minerals are solid homogeneous inorganic compounds having specific chemical compositions that can be represented by chemical formulas. They are different from rocks, which can be a mixture of minerals and non-minerals and do not have a specific chemical composition.
oxides and sulfides
Sulfur exist as native element or as minerals containing sulfides or sulfates.
Both. Iron can be found by itself as a pure element, or it can be found in many compounds such as iron chloride, iron oxide, etc.
There are many thousands of such minerals.
There are many minerals made of a combination of sulfur and a metal. Common ones include - Pyrite - FeS2 (Iron sulphide) Galena - PbS (Lead sulphide) Sphalerite - ZnS (Zinc sulphide) Chalcopyrite - CuFeS2 (Copper Iron Sulphide) Covellite - CuS (Copper Sulphide)
An element consist of one type of atom only but atoms of elements are joined together to make compounds.
It is a mixture of compounds. It is consist of a large number of compounds. And it does not have a chemical composition.
Sulfur.
sulphur
Oxygen is an element and, therefore, can contain no minerals (or other elements or compounds). However, many minreals contain oxygen.
"Minerals" are the compounds that make up rocks. A rock may have several types of minerals in it. Unless a rock is composed 100% of a single element, it contains minerals.
All the organic compounds mainly consist of compounds formed by Carbon