Please I really need an answer. And explain a little how, so I understand it please.
2007-01-17 10:16:08 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Yes ice is a mineral! It has a crystal structure/lattice and is mostley inorganic. It has a melting point of >0 degrees C.
Color is colorless (snow appears white due to multiple reflections; some ice appears white due to air bubble inclusions).
Luster is vitreous
Transparency crystals are transparent.
Crystal System is hexagonal; 6/m 2/m 2/m
Crystal Habits include generally flat hexagonal crystals, ornately complex when found as snowflakes. Also massive in blocks large enough to actually flow in fluid manner.
Cleavage is absent.
Fracture is conchoidal.
Hardness is 1.5
Specific Gravity is approximately 0.917 (extremely light for any mineral - ice floats in water, of course)
Streak is clear.
Associated Minerals: There are no correlations to ice and minerals that it is found with except possibly iron meteorites.
Notable Occurrences: include North Pole; Antarctica and most tall mountain chains that contain glaciers.
Best Field Indicators it melts above zero degrees C.
2007-01-17 11:24:24 · answer #1 · answered by Professor Kitty 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Water is not a mineral because it is liquid. If it freezes into ice then it becomes a mineral.
EDIT
Just to clarify on some of the other answers, it doesn't matter if you "feel" like water isn't a mineral, the definition of mineral is pretty strict. An inorganic crystalline solid of regular chemical composition found in nature. Water is not a crystal, ice is.
2007-01-17 11:15:45 · answer #2 · answered by trucutu_dm 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Recall the definition of "mineral": A naturally occurring, homogeneous inorganic SOLID substance having a definite chemical composition and characteristic crystalline structure, color, and hardness. Based on this definition, water would not be considered a mineral because it does not satisfy the SOLID substance requirement (water is a liquid). Hope that helps!
2007-01-17 10:25:51 · answer #3 · answered by harn23 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Water is not a mineral because it is not solid and lacks a crystilline structure. Ice is a mineral though, meets all the critera of a naturally occuring, solid, inorganic,with a crystalline structure and a set chemical composition
2007-01-17 15:28:53 · answer #4 · answered by geo3598 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My dictionary (Collins Cobuild) defines mineral as a substance such as tin, salt, uranium, or sulphur that is formed naturally in rocks and the earth. It doesn't preclude liquids and people often refer to mineral water or mineral oils for those that originate from underground. On this basis some water is a mineral, some is not, depending on its origin.
2007-01-17 11:28:44 · answer #5 · answered by Robert A 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Water is a compound h2o and is not by definition a mineral. Mineral is any non organic (has lived or living) in solid form. I guess if we were on another planet where water was always in solid form you could say ice was a mineral
Type 'def of mineral' on your search
2007-01-17 10:24:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Water is a chemical substance that is essential to all known forms of life. It appears colourless to the naked eye in small quantities, though it is actually slightly blue in colour. It feels wet to the touch. It covers 71% of Earth's surface. The UN Environment Program estimates there are 1.4 billion cubic kilometres (330 million mi3)[1] of it available on Earth, and it exists in many forms. It appears mostly in the oceans (saltwater) and polar ice caps, but it is also present as clouds, rain water, rivers, freshwater aquifers, lakes, and sea ice. Water in these bodies perpetually moves through a cycle of evaporation, precipitation, and runoff to the sea. Clean water is essential to human life. In many parts of the world, it is in short supply. Significant quantities are believed to exist on the moons Europa and Enceladus.
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2007-01-17 21:24:09 · answer #7 · answered by catzpaw 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, water is h2o not h20. H stands for hydrogen and 2 stands for two particles of Hydrogen. And o stands for oxygen. It takes 2 particles hof hydrogen and one from oxygen. Those two things are elements and not all elements are minerals, only solid ones are. But oxygen and hydrogen is a liquid.
2007-01-17 10:26:40 · answer #8 · answered by palestinian princess 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No - water is a liquid suspension agent that can CONTAIN minerals, but water itself is NOT a mineral.
2007-01-17 11:08:44 · answer #9 · answered by MrKnowItAll 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i had this last term in earth science so i know the answer and i know that im right so just listen to me. it is a mineral. when water erodes rocks the miners from thoes rocks get into the water and that makes water a mineral. sugar isn't thoug and salt is. is starred ur question
2007-01-17 10:19:33 · answer #10 · answered by Me 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋