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  • Defining Minerals: Understanding the Key Characteristics
    Mineralogists define minerals based on five key features, not four:

    1. Naturally Occurring: Minerals must form through natural processes, not created in a laboratory.

    2. Inorganic: Minerals are not derived from living organisms.

    3. Solid: Minerals exist in a solid state at standard conditions.

    4. Crystalline Structure: Minerals have a specific, ordered atomic arrangement.

    5. Definite Chemical Composition: Minerals have a fixed or variable but defined chemical formula.

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