1. What are minerals made of? What criteria must a substance meet in order to be considered a mineral? How does a mineral differ from a rock?

A mineral is a naturally occurring, inorganic strong with a positive compound organization and a crystalline structure framed by landforms. Stone is at least one minerals though a stone may likewise incorporate natural remains and mineraloids. A few rocks are dominatingly made out of only one mineral.

A more uncomplicated clarification would be that a stone could contain minerals while a mineral has attractive explicit cosmetics and consistently has a similar structure if it is the same mineral. Rocks are always minerals, yet not all metals are rocks.