- In
geology and mineralogy, a
mineral or
mineral species is,
broadly speaking, a
solid substance with a
fairly well-defined
chemical composition and a specific...
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Mineral oil is any of
various colorless, odorless,
light mixtures of
higher alkanes from a
mineral source,
particularly a
distillate of petroleum, as distinct...
- Look up
mineralization in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Mineralization may
refer to:
Biomineralization (
mineralization in biology), when an inorganic...
- and
hydroponic growth medium.
Mineral wool is also
known as
mineral fiber,
mineral cotton,
mineral fiber, man-made
mineral fiber (MMMF), and man-made vitreous...
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Mineral water is
water from a
mineral spring that
contains various minerals, such as
salts and
sulfur compounds. It is
usually still, but may be sparkling...
- Ore is
natural rock or
sediment that
contains one or more
valuable minerals concentrated above background levels,
typically containing metals, that can...
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Silicate minerals are rock-forming
minerals made up of
silicate groups. They are the
largest and most
important class of
minerals and make up approximately...
- the
context of nutrition, a
mineral is a
chemical element. Some "
minerals" are
essential for life, most are not.
Minerals are one of the four
groups of...
- The Mohs
scale of
mineral hardness (/moʊz/) is a
qualitative ordinal scale, from 1 to 10,
characterizing scratch resistance of
minerals through the ability...
- A
mineral acid (or
inorganic acid) is an acid
derived from one or more
inorganic compounds, as
opposed to
organic acids which are acidic,
organic compounds...