Kind sorts earth materials into their broadest category, such as mineral, rock or sediment. Wikipedia describes quartz as "a hard mineral composed of silica (silicon dioxide)," placing it firmly in the mineral kind rather than among rocks made of many minerals together. This dimension gives a visitor the widest possible grouping of what a material actually is.
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Formation OriginA dominant halide anion (F-, Cl-, Br- or I-). 1 Kind
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1. Wikipedia: Halide minerals
WikipediaHalide minerals, lead sectionQuote, Halide minerals, lead section
Halide minerals are those minerals with a dominant halide anion (F-, Cl-, Br- and I-).
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