What is one way to tell if a mineral is an element?

if it is pure and its a compound or an element

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if you cannot see any differences to another tested element of that mineral

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covalent bonds

consist of pairs of electrons shared by two atoms, and bind the atoms to fixed orientation and requre high energies to break them

ionic bonds

when two atoms differ considerably in their electronegativity, then one of the atoms will lose its electron to the other atom. this results in a positively charged ion(cation) and a negatively charged ion (anion)

the dependant variable is spilled water

the independent is the heat