Answer the following questions in about 150 words.
(i) Define the term ‘mineral’ and name the major classes of minerals with
their physical characteristics.
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Mineral
Explanation:
Minerals are chemical compound that occurs naturally in a pure form and contain definitive physical properties and chemical compositions.
There are about 40000 minerals that are found naturally are different in their color, texture, hardness,specific gravity,magnetism, solubility and etc.These properties are important to differentiate between 2 different minerals.
Some minerals include halite that cluster into small grains,gold is used in jewelry,buxite, galena that contain specific gravity,Diamond is a hardest mineral while graphite is a softest mineral,gemstone, ruby and sapphire have different color variation,
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