Español > minerales: 1 sentido > nombre 1, substance| Sentido | Solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition. |
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| Sinónimo | mineral |
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| Específico | aljez, yeso | A common white or colorless mineral (hydrated calcium sulphate) used to make cements and plasters / plasters (especially plaster of Paris) |
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| alquitrán mineral | A thick black tar intermediate between petroleum and asphalt |
| ambligonita | A white or grey mineral consisting of lithium aluminum phosphate |
| anfíbol | A mineral or mineral variety belonging to the amphibole group |
| antimonita, estibina | A soft grey mineral |
| apatita, apatito | A common complex mineral consisting of calcium fluoride phosphate or calcium chloride phosphate |
| aragonita, aragonito | A mineral form of crystalline calcium carbonate |
| arcilla roja | clay whose redness results from iron oxide |
| argentita, argirosa | A valuable silver ore consisting of silver sulfide (Ag2S) |
| arsenopirita, mispiquel, mispíquel | A silver-white or grey ore of arsenic |
| asfalto | A dark bituminous substance found in natural beds and as residue from petroleum distillation |
| augita | dark-green to black glassy mineral of the pyroxene group containing large amounts of aluminum and iron and magnesium |
| baddeleyita | A mineral consisting of zirconium oxide |
| baritina | A white or colorless mineral (BaSO4) |
| bastnaesite, bastnasita | A yellow-to-brown mineral that is a source of rare earth elements |
| bauxita | A clay-like mineral |
| berilio, berilo | The chief source of beryllium |
| blenda, esfalerita | An ore that is the chief source of zinc |
| borax, bórax, borraj | An ore of boron consisting of hydrated sodium borate |
| bornita | A mineral consisting of sulfides of copper and iron that is found in copper deposits |
| cainita | A white mineral consisting of magnesium sulphate and potassium chloride |
| calamina, hemimorfita | A white mineral |
| calcopirita | A yellow copper ore (CuFeS2) made up of copper and iron sulfide |
| calcosina | A heavy grey mineral that is an ore of copper |
| caolinita | A mineral consisting of aluminum silicate |
| carnalita | A white or reddish mineral consisting of hydrous chlorides / chlorides of potassium and magnesium |
| casiterita | A hard heavy dark mineral that is the chief source of tin |
| celestita | A mineral consisting of strontium sulphate |
| ceolita, zeolita | Any of a family of glassy minerals analogous to feldspar containing hydrated aluminum silicates of calcium or sodium or potassium |
| cerusita | A mineral consisting of lead carbonate that is an important source of lead |
| cianita | A grey or greenish-blue mineral consisting of aluminum silicate in crystalline form |
| cinabrio | A heavy reddish mineral consisting of mercuric sulfide |
| circón, silicato de circonio, zircón | A common mineral occurring in small crystals |
| clorita | A generally green or black mineral |
| cobaltita | A rare silvery-white mineral |
| cola de pescado, mica | 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 |
| color tierra | A colored mineral used as a pigment |
| coltan, columbita-tantalita | A valuable black mineral combining niobite and tantalite |
| columbita, niobite | A black mineral that is an ore of niobium and tantalum |
| cordierita | A blue mineral of magnesium and iron and aluminum and silicon and oxygen |
| corindón, corundom | Very hard mineral used as an abrasive |
| criolita | A white mineral consisting of fluorides of aluminum and sodium |
| crisoberilo | A rare hard yellow green mineral consisting of beryllium aluminate in crystal form |
| cristobalita | A white mineral consisting of silica |
| cromita | A brownish-black mineral |
| cuarzo | A hard glossy mineral consisting of silicon dioxide in crystal form |
| cuprita | A mineral consisting of cuprous oxide that is a source of copper |
| dolomita | A light colored mineral consisting of calcium magnesium carbonate |
| eritrina | A reddish mineral consisting of hydrated cobalt arsenate in monoclinic crystalline form and used in coloring glass |
| esmeril | A hard grey-black mineral consisting of corundum and either hematite or magnetite |
| espato | Any of various nonmetallic minerals (calcite or feldspar) that are light in color and transparent or translucent and cleavable |
| espinela | A hard glassy mineral consisting of an oxide of magnesium and aluminum |
| espodumena, spodumene | A pyroxene mineral consisting of lithium aluminum silicate |
| estroncianita | A mineral consisting of strontium carbonate |
| fergusonita | A dark mineral consisting of oxides of yttrium and erbium and tantalum and other minerals |
| fluorita | A soft mineral (calcium fluoride) that is fluorescent in ultraviolet light |
| gadolinita | A mineral that is a source of rare earths |
| galena | Soft blue-grey mineral |
| garnierita | A green mineral consisting of hydrated nickel magnesium silicate |
| germanita | A rare reddish-grey mineral consisting of a copper iron germanium sulfide |
| gibbsita | white crystalline mineral consisting of aluminum hydroxide |
| glauconita | A green mineral consisting of hydrated silicate of potassium or iron or magnesium or aluminum |
| granate | Any of a group of hard glassy minerals (silicates of various metals) used as gemstones and as an abrasive |
| greenockita, sulfuro de cadmio | ore of cadmium |
| halita, sal de roca, sal gema | naturally occurring crystalline sodium chloride |
| hausmannita | A mineral consisting of manganese tetroxide |
| ilmenita | A weakly magnetic black mineral found in metamorphic and plutonic rocks |
| iridosmine, osmiridio | A hard and corrosion resistant mineral that is a natural alloy of osmium and iridium (usually containing small amounts of rhodium and platinum) |
| jadeíta | A hard green mineral consisting of sodium aluminum silicate in monoclinic crystalline form |
| kernita | A light soft mineral consisting of hydrated sodium borate in crystalline form |
| kieserita | A white mineral consisting of hydrous magnesium sulfate often found in salt mines |
| langbeinita | A mineral consisting of potassium magnesium double sulphate |
| magnesia, óxido de magnesio, periclasa | A white solid mineral that occurs naturally as periclase |
| magnesita | A white mineral consisting of magnesium carbonate |
| malaquita | A green or blue mineral used as an ore of copper and for making ornamental objects |
| manganita | A black mineral consisting of basic manganese oxide |
| mena, mineral | A mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined |
| millerita | A yellow mineral consisting of nickel sulfide |
| molibdenita | A mineral resembling graphite that is valued as the chief source of molybdenum and its compounds |
| monacita | A reddish-brown mineral containing rare earth metals |
| nefelina, nephelite | A whitish mineral consisting of sodium aluminum silicate or potassium aluminum silicate in crystalline form |
| nitrocalcite | The mineral form of calcium nitrate |
| olivenite | Rare green to black mineral consisting of hydrated copper arsenate that is found in copper deposits |
| olivino | A mineral consisting of magnesium iron silicate |
| oropimente | A yellow mineral occurring in conjunction with realgar |
| ozocerita | A waxy mineral that is a mixture of hydrocarbons and occurs in association with petroleum |
| pentlandita | A mineral (iron and nickel sulphide) that is the chief ore of nickel |
| pirita | A common mineral (iron disulfide) that has a pale yellow color |
| pirita magnética, pirrotina, pyrrhotine | A brownish iron sulfide mineral (FeS) having weak magnetic properties |
| pirofilita | A white or greenish aluminum silicate mineral (resembles talc) |
| pirolusita | A mineral consisting of manganese dioxide |
| piromorfita | A mineral consisting of lead chloride / chloride and phosphate |
| piroxeno | Any of a group of crystalline silicate mineral common in igneous and metamorphic rocks |
| polucita | A rare mineral that is an important source of cesium |
| psilomelana, psilomelane | A mineral consisting of hydrated basic oxide of manganese and barium |
| rejalgar | A rare soft orange mineral consisting of arsenic sulphide |
| rodocrosita | A mineral consisting of manganese carbonate |
| rodonita | A pink or red mineral consisting of crystalline manganese silicate |
| rutilo | A mineral consisting of titanium dioxide in crystalline form |
| samarskita | A complex black mineral occurring in pegmatites |
| scheelita | A mineral used as an ore of tungsten |
| sepiolita | A white clayey / clayey mineral |
| silvanita | A silver-white mineral consisting of silver gold telluride |
| silvina, silvita | A mineral consisting of native potassium chloride |
| smaltite | A grey mineral consisting of cobalt arsenide and nickel |
| sodalita | A vitreous mineral consisting of sodium aluminum silicate and sodium chloride in crystalline form |
| talco | A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate |
| tantalita | A mineral consisting of tantalum oxide of iron and manganese that occurs with niobite or in coarse granite |
| topacio | A mineral (fluosilicate of aluminum) that occurs in crystals of various colors and is used as a gemstone |
| torita | A radioactive mineral consisting of thorium silicate |
| tridimita | A mineral form of silica |
| turmalina | A mineral that is a complex borosilicate and hydroxide of aluminum containing iron and magnesium and calcium and lithium and sodium |
| turquesa | A blue to grey green mineral consisting of copper aluminum phosphate |
| vanadinita | A mineral consisting of chloride / chloride and vanadate of lead |
| vermiculita | Any of a group of yellow or brown hydrous silicate minerals having a micaceous structure |
| vesuvianita | A green or yellow or brown mineral consisting of a hydrated silicate |
| wolframita | A mineral consisting of iron and manganese tungstate in crystalline form |
| wollastonita | A white or greyish mineral typically found in metamorphic limestone |
| wulfenita | A yellow to orange or brown mineral used as a molybdenum ore |
| wurtzita | A brownish-black mineral consisting of zinc sulfide |
| xenotima | A brown-to-yellow mineral that is a phosphate of yttrium in crystalline form |
| zafirina | A rare light blue or green mineral |
| zinkenita | A steel grey metallic mineral (a sulphide of lead and antimony) |
| ópalo | A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color |
| General | cosa, cosas, material, materia | The tangible / tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object |
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| Substancia de | piedra, roca, rocas | material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust |
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| Inglés | mineral |
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| Catalán | mineral |
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| Adjetivo | mineral | relating to minerals |
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