Question

What are minerals? What are the different types of minerals​

Answer 1

Answer:

Minerals are those elements on the earth and in foods that our bodies need to develop and function normally

Answer 2

Answer:

Minerals: mineral or mineral species is, broadly speaking, a solid chemical compound with a fairly well-defined chemical composition and a specific crystal structure that occurs naturally in pure form. The geological definition of mineral normally excludes compounds that occur only in living beings.

TYPES OF MINERALS:

♡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