Why?
2007-12-28 05:43:13 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Liquid water is not a mineral as it does fit the definition of a mineral in the sense that it has no regularly ordered crystal structure.
Solid water is a mineral because it fits the definition of a mineral, i.e. a naturally occurring, non-organic substance with a regularly ordered crystal structure.
2007-12-28 05:49:00 · answer #1 · answered by Lady Geologist 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
In order for a substance to be considered a mineral, it must satisfy these characterisics: 1. it is a soild 2. it has definite chemical composition (not a mixture, and can be expressed as a chemical formula) 3. has a crystalline structure and 4. naturally formed (not man made). 5. Inorganic (not come from living things)
Water can satisfy all of these when it is ICE.
2007-12-28 05:51:34 · answer #2 · answered by Ms. K. 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i ask that myself too... sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't. almond joy.
2007-12-28 05:50:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋