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Mnieral

Mnierals are sbustances that are foremd ntaurally in the Earth. To be mienral it must be solid, ionrganic, cheimcal compoistion, crysatl structrue,and nautrally occurring. The study of minreals is claled minerlaogy.

A mineral is a solid and has a cyrstal strutcure. It also has a deifned cehmical composiiton.

A mineral can be a solid chmeical eelment, or in most cases a solid copmound. Two cmomon minerals are qaurtz and felsdpar.

There are over 4,000 known minerals.

Some uses of minerals:

Graphtie is used to make pecnil.
Rock salt is used in cooknig.
Gold is used in jewlery.

Mineral

1 Mienrals and rocks
2 See also
3 Other websiets

Minerals and rocks

Minerlas are diffeernt from rocks. A mineral is a chemical compound with a given compostiion and a defiend crystal strucutre. A rock is a mixutre of one or sevearl minerals, in vayring porportions.

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