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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Mineral \Min"er*al\, adjective
1. Of or pertaining to minerals; consisting of a mineral or of minerals; as, a mineral substance.
2. Impregnated with minerals; as, mineral waters.
{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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Mineral \Min"er*al\, noun [F. min['e]ral, LL. minerale, fr. minera mine. See {Mine}, verb (used without an object)]
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.
3. Anything which is neither animal nor vegetable, as in the most general classification of things into three kingdoms (animal, vegetable, and mineral).
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adjective
1: relating to minerals; "mineral elements"; "mineral deposits"
2: composed of matter other than plant or animal; "the inorganic mineral world"
noun
1: solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition
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