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Definition: mineral
mineral
adj 1: relating to minerals;
“mineral elements”;
“mineral deposits”
2: of or containing or derived from minerals;
“a mineral
deposit”;
“mineral water” [ant:
animal,
vegetable]
3: composed of matter other than plant or animal;
“the
inorganic mineral world”
mineral
n : solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature
having a definite chemical composition
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Mineral
Mineral
\Min"er*al\, n. [F. min['e]ral, LL. minerale, fr. minera
mine. See
Mine, v. i.]
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1. An inorganic species or substance occurring in nature,
having a definite chemical composition and usually a
distinct crystalline form. Rocks, except certain glassy
igneous forms, are either simple minerals or aggregates of
minerals.
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2. A mine. [Obs.] --Shak.
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3. Anything which is neither animal nor vegetable, as in the
most general classification of things into three kingdoms
(animal, vegetable, and mineral).
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Mineral
\Min"er*al\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to minerals; consisting of a mineral or
of minerals; as, a mineral substance.
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2. Impregnated with minerals; as, mineral waters.
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Mineral acids (Chem.), inorganic acids, as sulphuric,
nitric, phosphoric, hydrochloric, acids, etc., as
distinguished from the
organic acids.
Mineral blue, the name usually given to azurite, when
reduced to an impalpable powder for coloring purposes.
Mineral candle, a candle made of paraffin.
Mineral caoutchouc, an elastic mineral pitch, a variety of
bitumen, resembling caoutchouc in elasticity and softness.
See
Caoutchouc, and
Elaterite.
Mineral chameleon (Chem.) See
Chameleon mineral, under
Chameleon.
Mineral charcoal. See under
Charcoal.
Mineral cotton. See
Mineral wool (below).
Mineral green, a green carbonate of copper; malachite.
Mineral kingdom (Nat. Sci.), that one of the three grand
divisions of nature which embraces all inorganic objects,
as distinguished from plants or animals.
Mineral oil. See
Naphtha, and
Petroleum.
Mineral paint, a pigment made chiefly of some natural
mineral substance, as red or yellow iron ocher.
Mineral patch. See
Bitumen, and
Asphalt.
Mineral right, the right of taking minerals from land.
Mineral salt (Chem.), a salt of a mineral acid.
Mineral tallow, a familiar name for
hatchettite, from its
fatty or spermaceti-like appearance.
Mineral water. See under
Water.
Mineral wax. See
Ozocerite.
Mineral wool, a fibrous wool-like material, made by blowing
a powerful jet of air or steam through melted slag. It is
a poor conductor of heat.
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