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1. What are minerals?
2. What is the difference between metallic
and non-metallic minerals?
3. Name the two types of metallic
minerals.
4. What is drilling?
5. Name five minerals found in India.
6. Name two ways of conserving minerals.​

Answer 1

Answer:

1. Minerals are solid substances that are present in nature and can be made of one element or more elements combined together (chemical compounds). Gold, Silver and carbon are elements that form minerals on their own. They are called native elements.
2. Metallic Minerals are minerals in which metal elements are present in their raw form. Non-metallic minerals do not contain any metal substances in them. When metallic minerals are melted a new product is formed
3. Examples of metallic minerals are Manganese, iron ore and bauxite are Metallic minerals and be divided into ferrous and non-ferrous metallic minerals. Ferrous minerals are one that contains iron and non-ferrous are one that does not contain iron.