For Health e.g. calcium and iron.
Collagen
Common examples are: calcite, calcium carbonate, halite, sylvite, gypsum etc.
They can be silicates or vanadates, nitrates or chlorides, carbonates or arsenides etc.
Quartz is the most common mineral in desert sand.
Plants take in salt dissolved in water through their roots. Animals obtain most of their salt from food but may supplement it by licking natural salt deposits.
They help the plant to function and grow normally. :-)
Mineral salts are not foods.
The cause is the irrational use of fertilizers.
Bones are hard and contain mineral salts.
Water obtains mineral salts through the dissolution of minerals in rocks as it travels through the Earth's crust. These minerals dissolve into the water, adding essential mineral salts such as calcium, magnesium, and potassium. Drinking water with mineral salts is important for maintaining proper bodily functions and overall health.
i believe salts are neither, as they are classified as a mineral
Salts are absorbed by the roots.
These salts are absorbed from the sea water.
The Sahara desert is very rich in mineral salts. You see, they have been mined there for nearly 3.5 weeks. It is one of their major exports, since mineral salts are in high demand.
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Mineral salts. Principally nitrates and phosphates.