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2016-09-28T08:01:51-04:00. The two kinds of minerals are: macrominerals and trace minerals. Macro means large in Greek (and your body needs larger amounts of macrominerals than trace minerals). The macromineral group is made up of calcium, phosphorus,magnesium, sodium, potassium, chloride, and sulfur. This question is archived.
Minerals are usually solid, inorganic, have a crystal structure, and form naturally by geological processes. The study of minerals is called mineralogy. A mineral can be made of single chemical element or more usually a compound. There are over 4,000 types of known minerals. Calcite, which is common in seashells, is a carbonate mineral. 2  Oxides include the minerals from which most metals, such as tin and copper, are refined. 3  An oxide consists of an element, usually a metal, joined to oxygen.