Question

How many differnt types of minerals are there?

Answer 1

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There are approximately 3800 known minerals. About 30 to 50 new minerals are described and one or two minerals are discredited each year. The most complete listing of minerals is J. Mandarino Fleischer's Glossary of Mineral Species 1999 published by the Mineralogical Record.

⭕Types of minerals:-

Minerals make up most of the earth and are an important part of our everyday life.

Minerals are simply naturally occurring substances which have a crystalline structure. There are many thousands of minerals recognised, but only about 30 are most common.

⭕Classification:-

Minerals, being natural chemicals, are classified according to their chemistry and crystal form.

☑️A basic classification for minerals is:

✔️Native elements. eg. Gold, Silver, Mercury, graphite, diamond.

✔️Oxides. eg corundum (incl. sapphire), hematite, spinel.

✔️Hydroxides. eg. Goethite, brucite.

✔️Sulfides. eg. Pyrite, galena, sphalerite.

✔️Sulfates. eg. Baryte, gypsum.

✔️Carbonates. eg. Calcite, magnesite, dolomite.

✔️Phosphates. eg. Apatite, monazite.

✔️Halides. eg. Fluorite, halite (rock salt).

✔️Silicates (most common):-

→✅Orthosilicates. eg. Garnet, olivine.

→✅Ring silicates. eg. Tourmaline, beryl.

→✅Chain silicates. eg. Pyroxenes, amphiboles.

→✅Sheet silicates. eg. Muscovite mica, biotite mica, clay minerals

→✅Framework silicates. eg. Quartz, feldspars, zeolites

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Answer 2

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➡There are 14 different types of minerals.

They are⤵⤵

Sulphides

Oxides

Hydroxides

Native elements

Silicates

Carbonates

Sulphates

Halides

Phosphates

Ring silicates

Ortho silicates

Chain silicates

Frameworks silicates etc..

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