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Which of the following items is most likely a mineral?

A) a gold-platinum hybrid created in a laboratory
B) a gas that occurs naturally in Earth's crust
C) an inorganic, solid substance with a definite chemical composition
D) a crystal with an unordered atomic structure

User Igorio
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It’s c but correct me if I’m wrong
User Jasdeep Khalsa
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Answer:

c

Step-by-step explanation:

In geology and mineralogy, a mineral or mineral species is, broadly speaking, a solid chemical compound with a fairly well-defined chemical composition. A mineral is a naturally occurring, inorganic (never living) solid with a definite internal arrangement of atoms (crystal structure) and has a have a chemical formula that only varies over a limited range that does not alter the crystal structure. The crystal structure of a mineral has a definite internal arrangement of atoms

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