Q:- All ores are minerals but all minerals are not ore. Justify this statement.

Ans:- As we know that natural substance which contains metal are called mineral. But Ores are those minerals from which metal can be extracted by easy, economically cheap and on large scale.

That’s why all ores are natural substance contains metal on large scale. So, these are minerals but all minerals can’t be used to extract metals.

Thus, all ores are minerals but all minerals are not ores.