01. Definition of minerals: Naturally occurring monomers or compounds with certain chemical composition
and physical characteristics are called minerals.
02. Difference between minerals and rocks: A collection of minerals is called a rock. The fundamental difference between minerals and rocks does not lie in their appearance, but in the minerals have a certain chemical composition and a certain form of internal structure, rocks have neither a certain chemical composition nor a certain form of internal structure.
Five major classes of minerals are subdivided:(1) Natural elemental minerals, such as natural gold, diamond, graphite, sulfur, natural silver, natural
copper, natural platinum, and so on.
(2) Halide minerals: such as rock salt, potassium salt, fluorite, and so on.
(3) Sulfide minerals: such as pyrite, chalcopyrite, galena, sphalerite, pyroxene, androxene, and so on.
(4) Oxide and hydroxide minerals: such as hematite, magnetite, bauxite, quartz, beryl, ruby, sapphire, and
so on.
(5) Oxygenated acid salt minerals: such as gypsum, anatase, barite, calcite, dolomite, malachite, feldspar,
mica, pyroxene, hornblende, olivine, and so on.
Classification of mineral resources: Mineral resources are generally divided into four categories, namely,
energy minerals, metallic minerals, non-metallic minerals, and hydrocarbon minerals.
What are the energy minerals: coal, coal gas, rock coal, oil shale, oil, natural gas, oil sands, natural
bitumen, uranium, thorium, geothermal.
What are the metal minerals: iron ore, manganese ore, chromium ore, titanium ore, vanadium ore,
copper ore, lead ore, zinc ore, bauxite, magnesium ore, nickel ore, cobalt ore, tungsten ore, tin ore,
bismuth ore, molybdenum ore, mercury ore, antimony ore, platinum group metals, germanium ore,
gallium ore, indium ore, centistokes ore thallium ore, hafnium ore, rhenium ore, cadmium ore, scandium
ore, selenium ore, tellurium ore.
The degree of geological work and the abundance of resources varies from one mineral to another. Some are relatively abundant, such as tungsten, molybdenum, tin, antimony, mercury, vanadium, titanium, rare earths, lead, zinc, copper and iron. Minerals are natural mineral or rock resources buried underground (or distributed on the surface of the earth, or weathered from rocks, or deposited from rocks) that are available for human use.
What are the non-metallic minerals?Diamond, Graphite, Phosphorus, Natural Sulfur, Sulfurite, Potash, Boron, Crystals, Corundum, Bluestone,
Diorite, Rhodochrosite, Wollastonite, Sodalite, Talc, Asbestos, Blue Asbestos, Mica, Feldspar, Garnet,
Chlorite, Turbidite, Tremolite, Vermiculite, Zeolite, Alumina, Manganese, Gypsum, Barite, Toxic Baryte,
Natural Alkalies, Calcite, Igneous, Magnesite, Fluorite, Gemstones, Topaz, Jade, Tourmaline, Agate,
Pigment Minerals, Limestone, Marl, Chalk, Potassium-bearing Rocks, Dolomite, Quartzite, Sandstone,
Natural Quartz Sand, Vein Quartz, Powdered Quartz, Natural Oolite, Potassium-bearing Sand Shale,
Diatomaceous Earth, Shale, Kaolin, Ceramic Clay, Refractory Clay, Aubergine Clay, Seafoam Clay,
Ilmenite Clay, Toluidine Clay, Bentonite, Ferrofelsic, Other Clays, Olivine, Serpentine, Basalt, Phyllite,
Andesite, Amphibolite, Granite, Mafic, Perlite, Obsidian, Turquoise, Pumice, Coarse Facies, Chartreuse
Orthoclase, Tuff, Volcanic Ash, Volcanic Slag, Marble, Slate, Gneiss, Hornblende, Peat, Mineral Salts,
Magnesium Salts, Iodine, Bromine, Arsenic.
What are the hydrocarbon minerals?
Groundwater, mineral water, carbon dioxide gas, hydrogen sulfide gas, helium gas, radon gas.
