Differentiate between minerals and ores.

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Minerals are naturally occurring chemical substances. They are present in earth's crust and obtained by mining. Ores are the minerals from which a metal can be economically and conveniently extracted.
Thus, bauxite $(A l_{2} O_{3} \cdot 2 H_{2} O)$ and clay $(A l_{2} O_{2} \cdot 2 S i O_{2} \cdot 2 H_{2} O)$ are minerals of $A l$ . However, bauxite is an ore of $A l$ as $A l$ can be economically and conveniently extracted from bauxite.

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