Question

write short notes on:- organic minerals

Answer 1

In general, an organic compound is defined as any compound containing carbon, but some compounds are excepted for historical reasons. Before 1828, chemists thought that organic and inorganic compounds were fundamentally different, with the former requiring a vital force that could only come from living organisms. Then Friedrich Wöhlersynthesized urea by heating an inorganic substance called ammonium cyanate, proving that organic compounds could also be created through an inorganic process. Nevertheless, carbon-containing compounds that were already classified as inorganic were not reclassified. These include carbides, simple oxides of carbon such as carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide, carbonates, cyanides and elemental carbon minerals such as graphite and diamond.[1][2]

Organic minerals are rare and difficult to find, often forming crusts on fractures.[1][2] Early descriptions of organic minerals include mellite in 1793, humboldtine in 1821 and idrialite in 1832.[1][2]

Answer 2

In general, an organic compound is defined as any compound containing carbon, but some compounds are excepted for historical reasons. Before 1828, chemists thought that organic and inorganic compounds were fundamentally different, with the former requiring a vital force that could only come from living organisms. Then Friedrich Wöhlersynthesized urea by heating an inorganic substance called ammonium cyanate, proving that organic compounds could also be created through an inorganic process. Nevertheless, carbon-containing compounds that were already classified as inorganic were not reclassified. These include carbides, simple oxides of carbon such as carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide, carbonates, cyanides and elemental carbon minerals such as graphite and diamond.[1][2]

Organic minerals are rare and difficult to find, often forming crusts on fractures.[1][2] Early descriptions of organic minerals include mellite in 1793, humboldtine in 1821 and idrialitein 1832.[1][2]