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The following thirteen minerals are found in appreciable quantities within the body and are listed in the order of their total percentages of the body’s composition:
 
The following thirteen minerals are found in appreciable quantities within the body and are listed in the order of their total percentages of the body’s composition:
 
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{| class="wikitable"
|Mineral Percentage of total body weight
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|Mineral
 +
|Percentage of total body weight
 
|-
 
|-
|Calcium 2.00%
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|Calcium
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|2.00%
 
|-
 
|-
|Phosphorus 1.00%
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|Phosphorus
 +
|1.00%
 
|-
 
|-
|Potassium 0.40%
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|Potassium
 +
|0.40%
 
|-
 
|-
|Sulfur 0.25%
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|Sulfur
 +
|0.25%
 
|-
 
|-
|Chlorine 0.25%
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|Chlorine
 +
|0.25%
 
|-
 
|-
|Sodium 0.25%
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|Sodium
 +
|0.25%
 
|-
 
|-
|Fluorine 0.20%
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|Fluorine
 +
|0.20%
 
|-
 
|-
|Magnesium 0.05%
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|Magnesium
 +
|0.05%
 
|-
 
|-
|Iron 0.008%
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|Iron
 +
|0.008%
 
|-
 
|-
|Manganese 0.003%
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|Manganese
 +
|0.003%
 
|-
 
|-
|Silicon 0.002%
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|Silicon
 +
|0.002%
 
|-
 
|-
|Copper 0.00015%
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|Copper
 +
|0.00015%
 
|-
 
|-
|Iodine 0.00004%
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|Iodine
 +
|0.00004%
 
|}
 
|}
 
The other following minerals are sometimes referred to as “trace minerals” because of the minute amounts present in the body:
 
The other following minerals are sometimes referred to as “trace minerals” because of the minute amounts present in the body:
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
{| class="wikitable"
|Trace Minerals
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|+Trace Minerals
 
|-
 
|-
|Zinc Titanium Argon
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|Zinc
 +
|Titanium
 +
|Argon
 
|-
 
|-
|Cobalt Tin Beryllium
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|Cobalt
 +
|Tin
 +
|Berylium
 
|-
 
|-
|Molybdenum Silver Boron
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|Molybdenum
 +
|Silver
 +
|Boron
 
|-
 
|-
|Aluminium Rubidium Cerium
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|Aluminium
 +
|Rubidium
 +
|Cerium
 
|-
 
|-
|Chromium Nickel Helium
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|Chromium
 +
|Nickel
 +
|Helium
 
|-
 
|-
|Lead Mercury Lanthanum
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|Lead
 +
|Mercury
 +
|Lanthanum
 
|-
 
|-
|Neodymium Neon Scandium
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|Neodymium
 +
|Neon  
 +
|Scandium
 
|-
 
|-
|Selenium Strontium Vanadium
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|Selenium
 +
|Strontium
 +
|Vanadium
 
|}
 
|}