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Reply to comment by CaitlinN22 in ELI5: Are all solids minerals? If not, why? by CaitlinN22
To a point. Some minerals form a series where, for example, you might replace aluminum with magnesium or whatever. But a mineral by definition has to have a specific composition or range of compositions. That's what distinguishes it from a rock (which is a collection of [possibly many different] minerals).
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