Question

What is mineral resource? What are the different types of minerals?​

Answer 1

Answer:

A 'Mineral Resource' is a concentration or occurrence of material of intrinsic economic interest in or on the earth's crust in such form, quality and quantity that there are reasonable prospects for eventual economic extraction.

The Eight Types of Minerals  

1. Silicate Minerals          

2. Native Element Minerals      

3. Carbonate Minerals

4. Halide Minerals

5. Oxide Minerals        

6. Phosphate Minerals  

7. Sulfate Minerals

8. Sulfide Minerals

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Answer 2

A `Mineral Resource' is a concentration or occurrence of material of intrinsic economic interest in or on the earth's crust in such form, quality and quantity that there are reasonable prospects for eventual economic extraction.

The Eight Types of Minerals

1. Silicate Minerals

2. Native Element Minerals

3. Carbonate Minerals

4. Halide Minerals

5. Oxide Minerals

6. Phosphate Minerals

7. Sulfate Minerals

8. Sulfide Minerals