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No. By definition a mineral is a crystalline solid.
This is true by definition.
The definition of mineral atoms are as follows: The grouping of individual atoms. These atoms have electrical charges, but only by gaining electrons.
I am completely amazed. I was sure that water was NOT a mineral. But water is listed as a mineral in my dictionary definition. Of course, this isn't a science text, but at this point I'm willing to entertain the possibility that water is... a mineral.
Mixture contains compound of mineral that mixed for various species
Mold filled with minerals
No. By definition a mineral is naturally occurring.
Information on the properties of minerals.
Under the accepted definition of a mineral, water is not a mineral in its liquid or vapor forms, but it is in its solid form.
Uncombined oxygen is a gas, not a solid, which is a requirement of a mineral.A mineral by definition is a solid with a crystal structure.
By definition a mineral must be solid. Ice is solid. Water is not.
By definition, a mineral must have a definite crystalline structure. Calcite has this. Glass is amorphous, meaning it does not have such a structure.