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All matter is composed of either a single element or a number of elements, minerals, people, stars, fish and clouds included.
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Like all matter minerals are made of?
elements
How is a native mineral different from most other materials?
A native mineral is composed of atoms of a single element, like gold, copper, and silver. Most minerals are composed of two or more elements.
What is a mixture of minerals mineraloids glass or organic matter?
A mixture of minerals, mineraloids, glass, or organic matter called rock. The rock cycle is the model showing the three types of rocks and how they are formed.
Why are pure metals not minerals?
If by pure, we are referring to native metals composed of one element, like silver, gold, and copper, then they are minerals.
Is definite chemical composition a characteristic of minerals?
Yes, it can. Aluminum oxide, saphires or rubys are all the same mineral. Just with minor elemental differences.
Like all matter minerals are made of?
elements
Does a mineral have to be composed of two or more elements?
No. There are elemental minerals, like gold, silver, and copper, appearing in crystalline form. The bulk of minerals, however, are compounds of two or more elements.
How is a native mineral different from most other materials?
A native mineral is composed of atoms of a single element, like gold, copper, and silver. Most minerals are composed of two or more elements.
What is a mixture of minerals mineraloids glass or organic matter?
A mixture of minerals, mineraloids, glass, or organic matter called rock. The rock cycle is the model showing the three types of rocks and how they are formed.
What elements are in a rock?
Different Minerals like Granite
Why are metals not minerals?
If by pure, we are referring to native metals composed of one element, like silver, gold, and copper, then they are minerals.
Why are pure metals not minerals?
If by pure, we are referring to native metals composed of one element, like silver, gold, and copper, then they are minerals.
What does a mineral mean?
Minerals are the building blocks of rocks. They are non-living, solid, and, like all matter, are made of atoms of elements. There are many different types of minerals and each type is made of particular groups of atoms. Different types of minerals have different crystal shapes.
What is matter that is composed of identical atoms?
Sounds like an element to me.
How can you tell the difference between rocks and minerals?
A mineral is the basic building block of which all rocks are composed. Consider them to be the ingredients of a cake: the minerals being the flour, eggs and sugar etc. and the rock being an aggregate (collection/formation) of those minerals.
What are the elements which make your hair?
Hair is composed mostly of a protein called keratin. Like all proteins, keratin is composed mainly of the elements carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen.
What elements are dextrose?
Dextrose, like all carbohydrates, is a compound composed of only the elements carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.
