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You may not think that minerals are as valueable as they are or how common and necessary they are to our everyday life. Of course diamonds hold a very high money value, but have you ever heard of apatite? Apatite is the mineral that makes up our teeth. What about halite? halite is used world wide as table salt. Borax is also a common mineral used in lotion and moisturizers. Another big one is copper we use the mineral in a variety of ways to power things such as our phones and laptops. As you can see minerals are used a lot in our lifes and before I came into this class and learned about them I had no idea how much of an impact minerals had on our lives.
One of the best minerals for the body zinc. Zinc helps your largest organ and that is your skin. Zinc contains antioxidants and anti-inflammatory which supports wound healing. It helps heal ance scars, relieves eczema and irritation and so much more. Zinc has been used by so many people for decades it even boost your immune system, but the bes thing people look for in Zinc is it benefits for the bodies hair and skin. Zinc is a mineral that is a key factor for cellular processes. It helps cells grow and divide, immunity to certain things, hormones production, as said before wound healing, blood cloting and eye health. So as you can see minerals are more the eye meets, minerals are essential to the body.
Minerals are a natural occurring substance, they are often formed by a inorganic processes. They are a highly ordered atomic arrangment and they have a definite chemical compostition.
Here we can see the chemical composition of the mineral Halite
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