Question

What are minerals? How many types of minerals are found in the earth? Give examples of each type.       ​

Answer 1

Answer:

ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ᴛᴡᴏ ᴛʏᴘᴇs ᴏғ ᴍɪɴᴇʀᴀʟs: ᴍᴀᴄʀᴏ ᴍɪɴᴇʀᴀʟs ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʀᴀᴄᴇ ᴍɪɴᴇʀᴀʟs. ᴍᴀᴄʀᴏ ᴍᴇᴀɴs “ʙɪɢ” ɪɴ ɢʀᴇᴇᴋ (ᴀɴᴅ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʙᴏᴅʏ ɴᴇᴇᴅs ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴍᴀᴄʀᴏ ᴍɪɴᴇʀᴀʟs ᴛʜᴀɴ ᴛʀᴀᴄᴇ ᴍɪɴᴇʀᴀʟs). ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴀᴄʀᴏ ᴍɪɴᴇʀᴀʟ ɢʀᴏᴜᴘ ᴄᴏɴsɪsᴛs ᴏғ ᴄᴀʟᴄɪᴜᴍ, ᴀʀsᴇɴɪᴄ, ᴍᴀɢɴᴇsɪᴜᴍ , sᴏᴅɪᴜᴍ, ᴘᴏᴛᴀssɪᴜᴍ, ᴄʜʟᴏʀɪᴅᴇ ᴀɴᴅ sᴜʟᴘʜᴜʀ

Answer 2

Answer:

• DEFINITION - A mineral is a naturally occurring inorganic solid, with a definite chemical composition, and an ordered atomic arrangement.
• TYPES - There are two types of minerals: macro minerals and trace minerals.
• MACRO MINERALS - Macro means “big” in Greek (and your body needs more macro minerals than trace minerals).
• The macro mineral group consists of calcium, arsenic, magnesium , sodium, potassium, chloride and sulphur.
• TRACE MINERALS - Trace minerals, also called micro minerals, are essential minerals that the human body must get from food, but, unlike macro minerals, we only need a very small amount. Even though trace minerals are needed in tiny doses, they are still crucial to our health and development.
• Trace mineral include iron, manganese, copper, iodine, zinc, cobalt, fluoride and selenium.