Question

Minerals are _________ inorganic _________ that usually possess a crystalline structure and can be represented by a chemical formula.
a) synthetic; solids
b) synthetic; liquids
c) naturally occurring; solids
d) naturally occurring; liquids
e) both naturally occurring and synthetic; solids

Answer 1

Answer:

The corect answer is c) naturally occurring; solids

Explanation:

Minerals exists as solid substances in nature consisting of one or more element chemically combined together formiming compounds with definite composition. As mentioned earlier single elements can form minerals and  examples of single element mineral are Silver, Carbon and Gold which are found in nature in their pure form and are mined.

Minerals are normally found in rocks, which may contain one ore more different types of minerals