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Minerals and Mining

Question 11 • SC332 Environmental Science B

What are the two types of minerals?

Answer
A
industrial and environmental
B
valuable and invaluable
C
metallic and nonmetallic
D
important and unimportant

Explanation

Minerals are commonly grouped into two broad types: metallic minerals and nonmetallic minerals. Metallic minerals contain metals that can be extracted, while nonmetallic minerals do not yield metals in this way. Therefore, the correct choice is “metallic and nonmetallic.”

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