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All oresare minerals , but all minerals cannot be calledas ores , |
| Answer» Solution :A naturally occurring substance obtained by mining which contains the METAL in FREE STATE or in the form of compounds is called a mineral. In most of the minerals, the metal of interest is present only in small amounts and some of them contains a reasonable PERCENTAGE of metal. Such minerals that contains a high percentage of metal, from which it can be extracted conveniently and economically are called ORES. Hence all ores are minerals but all minerals are not ores. | |