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Minerals
Minerals
Arsenide
Borates
Carbonates
Chromates
Halides
Howieite-Deerite Group
Metamorphic Rock
Mineraloid
Molybdate
Native Elements
Oxides
Phosphates
Silicates
Sulfates
Sulfides
Sulfosalts
Sulphates
Sulphides
Synthetic
Tectosilicates
Tungstates
Description
A mineral is a
naturally occurring, inorganic solid
with a
definite chemical composition
and an
ordered atomic structure
(crystalline structure). Example: Quartz (SiO₂), Calcite (CaCO₃).