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What are the four criteria for minerals?

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Answer: Natural, Solid, Inorganic, And Crystalline

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Answer:

They are any substance that meets these four specific qualities:

Minerals are natural: These substances that form without any human help.

Minerals are solid: They don't droop or melt or evaporate.

Minerals are inorganic: They aren't carbon compounds like those found in living things.

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