What are 5 characteristics of a mineral

1. Solid

2. Have crystalline structure

3. Naturally occurring

4. Inorganic

5. Has defined homogeneous chemical composition

a  solution  is always transparent, light passes through with no scattering from solute particles which are molecule in size. the  solution  is homogeneous and does not settle out. a colloid is intermediate between asolution  and a  suspension. while asuspension  will separate out a colloid will not.

answer carbon and three oxygen atoms;