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What is a naturally occurring solid, inorganic compound or element?

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Answer is: naturally occurring solid, inorganic compound or element is mineral.
Minerals usually have crystalline form, that means than crystal constituents (atoms, molecules or ions) are arranged in a highly ordered microscopic structure, forming a crystal lattice that extends in all directions.
For example magnetite is a mineral of iron oxide.