(Definition of âallotâ from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary Â© Cambridge University Press)
In your own words, list the fve characterisTcs an Earth material must have in order to be considered a mineral. a Minerals Formed naturally b Inorganic c Solid substances such as ice d Minerals are crystalline substances. Atom are arranged in an orderly, repeTTve manner. e Minerals are chemical compounds 2.
A rock has only two of the characteristics minerals haveâit is a solid and it forms naturally. A rock usually contains two or more types of minerals. Two samples of the same type of rock may have different kinds of minerals in them.Minerals are always made up of the same materials in nearly the same proportions. A ruby is a mineral.ach mineral has a definite chemical makeup: it consists of a specific combination of atoms of certain elements. An element is a substance that contains only one type of atom.