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mineral

mineral
subject			fact

mineral	is a kind of kbTop
	has color
	has alteration mineral
	is one of 4000 well-characterized minerals

Kinds of mineral :

• alloy (1 kind)
• inverted mineral (2 kinds, 3 facts)
• metamorphic mineral (2 kinds, 4 facts) - a mineral which can be metamorphic in origin but not necessarily
• meteorite mineral (5 kinds, 3 facts) - mineral found to occur in meteorites
• mineral formed at high static pressure and temperature (2 kinds, 2 facts)
• mineral not present in meteorites (5 kinds)
• mineral not present on Earth (20 kinds, 2 facts) - a mineral not known as a terrestrial mineral or extremely rare on Earth
• mineral with rare element as major component (3 kinds, 3 facts) - a mineral containing a rare element as a major component
• native element
• phosphide
• polymorphic mineral (2 kinds, 2 facts)
• silicate (5 kinds)
• sulfide (1 kind)