What are minerals? Give examples of some metallic minerals and non-metallic minerals. Explain the geographic distribution of various mineral resources in India.

Minerals are solid substances that are present in nature and can be made of one element or more elements combined together (chemical compounds).
Gold, Silver and carbon are elements that form minerals on their own. They are called native elements. Instead, ordinary kitchen salt is a chemical compound that is called rock salt, which is a mineral formed of sodium and chlorine ions.

Examples of some metallic minerals  are -  Copper, tin, iron, manganese, gold etc.

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