Contents of 2.7 Nonsilicates

2.7 What are the most important minerals?

Some important nonsilicates

Gold,

Galena

Magnetite is an oxide mineral that is strongly magnetic. This particular property distinguishes magnetite from other, similar looking minerals.

Common table salt is the mineral halite, also called rock salt. Halite crystallizes as cubes and commonly forms from the evaporation of water saturated with sodium and chloride.

Pyrite