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Did you know that mineral makeup cannot technically be considered organic?

Inorganic is a more precise description.

The "organic" is a historical name, dating back to 19th century, when it was believed that organic compounds could only be synthesized in living organisms through vis vitalis - the "life-force". The theory that organic compounds were fundamentally different from those that were "inorganic", that is, not synthesized through a life-force, was disproved with the synthesis of urea, an "organic" compound by definition of its known occurrence only in the urine of living organisms, from potassium cyanate and ammonium sulfate by Friedrich Wöhler in the Wöhler synthesis. The kinds of carbon compounds that are still traditionally considered inorganic are those that were considered inorganic before Wöhler's time; that is, those which came from "inorganic" (i.e., lifeless) sources such as minerals.

Saaaaaayyyy whaaaat?! LOL

All it is really saying is that the strict definition of mineral says that it's a crystaline, INORGANIC solid of restricted chemical composition. GOT IT! Sure you do…

What in the world anyway??? You might be asking. Well, this is all coming from my research into mineral makeup. Just a little “hmm, you don’t say moment” that I thought I’d share.


[SOURCE: Spencer L. Seager, Michael R. Slabaugh. Chemistry for Today: general, organic, and biochemistry. Thomson Brooks/Cole, 2004, p. 342. ISBN 053439969X ]



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