Explain the Properties of a Metallic Mineral.
Minerals classified as metallic produce metal when they are melted. Metallic minerals possess a number of properties that make them highly beneficial and valuable. Metallic minerals have the following properties:
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Heat and electricity are well conducted by metallic minerals.
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Metals cannot hold electrons because they are too weak. Electrons are easily lost in them.
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A metallic mineral's outer surface is shiny and hard.
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Minerals in the metallic state are available at room temperature in the solid form.
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Sheets and wires made from metallic minerals can be moulded and stored easily.
These are the various properties of metallic minerals.