Thesaurus:mineral

English

Noun

Sense: any naturally occurring inorganic material with (more or less) definite chemical composition and physical properties

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TBD: expand; See Category:en:Minerals

Notes

  • A mineral is not a species of a chemically pure substance: a single chemically pure substance can occur as multiple minerals, e.g. carbon as graphite and qurtz.

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