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A mineral is a solid with a crystalline structure that is made by geological processes.
Water and oxygen would not fit under that category because they do not have a crystalline structure, and made from the earth.
A cupcake may actually contain minerals in it, but a cupcake wouldn't count because it is a man-made food that doesn't originate in the earth.
Teeth are made from calcium, a mineral, but teeth themselves are not made from the earth, they are made by body functions.
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∙ 14y ago
Wiki User
∙ 10y agoThe definition of a mineral is an element or a compound that is normally solid and has been formed by geological processes. A cupcake, water, teeth and oxygen do not fit this definition.
Oxygen is an element but a gas and not a solid.
Cupcakes are not formed by geological processes (like coal).
Teeth are not formed like coal either, they are biologically formed.
Water is a compound but a liquid.
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