English > mineral: 3 senses > noun 1, substance| Meaning | Solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition. |
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| Narrower | ader wax, earth wax, mineral wax, ozokerite, ozocerite | A waxy mineral that is a mixture of hydrocarbons and occurs in association with petroleum |
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| amblygonite | A white or grey mineral consisting of lithium aluminum phosphate |
| amphibole | A mineral or mineral variety belonging to the amphibole group |
| amphibole group | A group of minerals with similar crystal structures containing a silicate chain and combinations of chiefly sodium and calcium and magnesium and iron and aluminum |
| apatite | A common complex mineral consisting of calcium fluoride phosphate or calcium chloride phosphate |
| aragonite | A mineral form of crystalline calcium carbonate |
| argentite | A valuable silver ore consisting of silver sulfide (Ag2S) |
| argyrodite | A rare steel-grey mineral consisting of silver and germanium and sulfur |
| arsenopyrite, mispickel | A silver-white or grey ore of arsenic |
| asphalt, mineral pitch | A dark bituminous substance found in natural beds and as residue from petroleum distillation |
| augite | dark-green to black glassy mineral of the pyroxene group containing large amounts of aluminum and iron and magnesium |
| baddeleyite | A mineral consisting of zirconium oxide |
| bastnasite, bastnaesite | A yellow-to-brown mineral that is a source of rare earth elements |
| bauxite | A clay-like mineral |
| beryl | The chief source of beryllium |
| borax | An ore of boron consisting of hydrated sodium borate |
| bornite, peacock ore | A mineral consisting of sulfides of copper and iron that is found in copper deposits |
| carnallite | A white or reddish mineral consisting of hydrous chlorides / chlorides of potassium and magnesium |
| cassiterite | A hard heavy dark mineral that is the chief source of tin |
| celestite | A mineral consisting of strontium sulphate |
| cerussite, white lead ore | A mineral consisting of lead carbonate that is an important source of lead |
| chalcocite, copper glance | A heavy grey mineral that is an ore of copper |
| chalcopyrite, copper pyrites | A yellow copper ore (CuFeS2) made up of copper and iron sulfide |
| chlorite | A generally green or black mineral |
| chromite | A brownish-black mineral |
| chrysoberyl | A rare hard yellow green mineral consisting of beryllium aluminate in crystal form |
| cinnabar | A heavy reddish mineral consisting of mercuric sulfide |
| cobaltite | A rare silvery-white mineral |
| columbite-tantalite, coltan | A valuable black mineral combining niobite and tantalite |
| cordierite | A blue mineral of magnesium and iron and aluminum and silicon and oxygen |
| corundom, corundum | Very hard mineral used as an abrasive |
| cristobalite | A white mineral consisting of silica |
| crocolite | A rare lead chromite mineral that forms bright orange crystals |
| cryolite, Greenland spar | A white mineral consisting of fluorides of aluminum and sodium |
| cuprite | A mineral consisting of cuprous oxide that is a source of copper |
| dolomite, bitter spar | A light colored mineral consisting of calcium magnesium carbonate |
| earth color | A colored mineral used as a pigment |
| emery | A hard grey-black mineral consisting of corundum and either hematite or magnetite |
| erythrite, cobalt bloom | A reddish mineral consisting of hydrated cobalt arsenate in monoclinic crystalline form and used in coloring glass |
| fergusonite | A dark mineral consisting of oxides of yttrium and erbium and tantalum and other minerals |
| fluorite, fluorspar, fluor | A soft mineral (calcium fluoride) that is fluorescent in ultraviolet light |
| gadolinite, ytterbite | A mineral that is a source of rare earths |
| galena | Soft blue-grey mineral |
| garnet | Any of a group of hard glassy minerals (silicates of various metals) used as gemstones and as an abrasive |
| garnierite | A green mineral consisting of hydrated nickel magnesium silicate |
| germanite | A rare reddish-grey mineral consisting of a copper iron germanium sulfide |
| gibbsite | white crystalline mineral consisting of aluminum hydroxide |
| glauconite | A green mineral consisting of hydrated silicate of potassium or iron or magnesium or aluminum |
| greenockite, cadmium sulphide | ore of cadmium |
| gypsum | A common white or colorless mineral (hydrated calcium sulphate) used to make cements and plasters / plasters (especially plaster of Paris) |
| halite, rock salt | naturally occurring crystalline sodium chloride |
| hausmannite | A mineral consisting of manganese tetroxide |
| heavy spar, barite, barytes, barium sulphate | A white or colorless mineral (BaSO4) |
| hemimorphite, calamine | A white mineral |
| ilmenite | A weakly magnetic black mineral found in metamorphic and plutonic rocks |
| jadeite | A hard green mineral consisting of sodium aluminum silicate in monoclinic crystalline form |
| kainite | A white mineral consisting of magnesium sulphate and potassium chloride |
| kaolinite | A mineral consisting of aluminum silicate |
| kernite | A light soft mineral consisting of hydrated sodium borate in crystalline form |
| kieserite | A white mineral consisting of hydrous magnesium sulfate often found in salt mines |
| kyanite, cyanite | A grey or greenish-blue mineral consisting of aluminum silicate in crystalline form |
| langbeinite | A mineral consisting of potassium magnesium double sulphate |
| magnesite | A white mineral consisting of magnesium carbonate |
| malachite | A green or blue mineral used as an ore of copper and for making ornamental objects |
| maltha, mineral tar | A thick black tar intermediate between petroleum and asphalt |
| manganite | A black mineral consisting of basic manganese oxide |
| meerschaum, sepiolite | A white clayey / clayey mineral |
| mica, isinglass | Any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves |
| millerite | A yellow mineral consisting of nickel sulfide |
| molybdenite | A mineral resembling graphite that is valued as the chief source of molybdenum and its compounds |
| monazite | A reddish-brown mineral containing rare earth metals |
| nepheline, nephelite | A whitish mineral consisting of sodium aluminum silicate or potassium aluminum silicate in crystalline form |
| nephelinite | An igneous rock consisting of nepheline and pyroxene |
| niobite, columbite | A black mineral that is an ore of niobium and tantalum |
| nitrocalcite | The mineral form of calcium nitrate |
| olivenite | Rare green to black mineral consisting of hydrated copper arsenate that is found in copper deposits |
| olivine | A mineral consisting of magnesium iron silicate |
| opal | A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color |
| ore | A mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined |
| orpiment | A yellow mineral occurring in conjunction with realgar |
| osmiridium, iridosmine | A hard and corrosion resistant mineral that is a natural alloy of osmium and iridium (usually containing small amounts of rhodium and platinum) |
| pentlandite | A mineral (iron and nickel sulphide) that is the chief ore of nickel |
| periclase, magnesia, magnesium oxide | A white solid mineral that occurs naturally as periclase |
| pinite | grey or green or brown mineral similar to mica and containing aluminum and potassium sulphates |
| pollucite | A rare mineral that is an important source of cesium |
| psilomelane | A mineral consisting of hydrated basic oxide of manganese and barium |
| pyrite, iron pyrite, fool's gold | A common mineral (iron disulfide) that has a pale yellow color |
| pyrolusite | A mineral consisting of manganese dioxide |
| pyromorphite, green lead ore | A mineral consisting of lead chloride / chloride and phosphate |
| pyrophyllite | A white or greenish aluminum silicate mineral (resembles talc) |
| pyroxene | Any of a group of crystalline silicate mineral common in igneous and metamorphic rocks |
| pyrrhotite, pyrrhotine, magnetic pyrites | A brownish iron sulfide mineral (FeS) having weak magnetic properties |
| quartz | A hard glossy mineral consisting of silicon dioxide in crystal form |
| realgar | A rare soft orange mineral consisting of arsenic sulphide |
| red clay | clay whose redness results from iron oxide |
| rhodochrosite | A mineral consisting of manganese carbonate |
| rhodonite | A pink or red mineral consisting of crystalline manganese silicate |
| rutile | A mineral consisting of titanium dioxide in crystalline form |
| samarskite | A complex black mineral occurring in pegmatites |
| sapphirine | A rare light blue or green mineral |
| scheelite | A mineral used as an ore of tungsten |
| smaltite | A grey mineral consisting of cobalt arsenide and nickel |
| sodalite | A vitreous mineral consisting of sodium aluminum silicate and sodium chloride in crystalline form |
| spar | Any of various nonmetallic minerals (calcite or feldspar) that are light in color and transparent or translucent and cleavable |
| spinel | A hard glassy mineral consisting of an oxide of magnesium and aluminum |
| spodumene | A pyroxene mineral consisting of lithium aluminum silicate |
| stannite, tin pyrites | A dark grey mineral with a metallic luster that is a source of tin |
| stibnite | A soft grey mineral |
| strontianite | A mineral consisting of strontium carbonate |
| sylvanite, graphic tellurium | A silver-white mineral consisting of silver gold telluride |
| sylvite, sylvine | A mineral consisting of native potassium chloride |
| talc, talcum | A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate |
| tantalite | A mineral consisting of tantalum oxide of iron and manganese that occurs with niobite or in coarse granite |
| thorite | A radioactive mineral consisting of thorium silicate |
| thortveitite | A mineral consisting of scandium yttrium silicate |
| topaz | A mineral (fluosilicate of aluminum) that occurs in crystals of various colors and is used as a gemstone |
| tourmaline | A mineral that is a complex borosilicate and hydroxide of aluminum containing iron and magnesium and calcium and lithium and sodium |
| tridymite | A mineral form of silica |
| turquoise | A blue to grey green mineral consisting of copper aluminum phosphate |
| vanadinite | A mineral consisting of chloride / chloride and vanadate of lead |
| vermiculite | Any of a group of yellow or brown hydrous silicate minerals having a micaceous structure |
| vesuvianite, vesuvian, idocrase | A green or yellow or brown mineral consisting of a hydrated silicate |
| wolframite, iron manganese tungsten | A mineral consisting of iron and manganese tungstate in crystalline form |
| wollastonite | A white or greyish mineral typically found in metamorphic limestone |
| wulfenite | A yellow to orange or brown mineral used as a molybdenum ore |
| wurtzite | A brownish-black mineral consisting of zinc sulfide |
| xenotime | A brown-to-yellow mineral that is a phosphate of yttrium in crystalline form |
| zeolite | Any of a family of glassy minerals analogous to feldspar containing hydrated aluminum silicates of calcium or sodium or potassium |
| zinc blende, blende, sphalerite | An ore that is the chief source of zinc |
| zinkenite | A steel grey metallic mineral (a sulphide of lead and antimony) |
| zircon, zirconium silicate | A common mineral occurring in small crystals |
| Broader | material, stuff | The tangible / tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object |
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| Substance of | rock, stone | material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust |
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| Spanish | minerales, mineral |
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| Catalan | mineral |
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| Adjectives | mineral | relating to minerals |
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