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mineral
Part of speech: NounAny substance not animal or vegetable; any chemical compound resulting naturally from inorganic processes; ore.
Part of speech: AdjectivePertaining to, consisting of, or mingled with, a substance not animal or vegetable.
Usage examples "mineral":- The smallest quantity of earth put in water reveals, through the microscope, besides the organic and mineral matter, a mass of beings more or less complex, moving more or less rapidly. - "White Slaves", Louis A Banks.
- They propose that I should try the mineral waters of Viterbo; but I cannot go before the beginning of May. - "The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti", John Addington Symonds.
- Unless we bring a full cargo of reasonably purified ore to Earth, we can't lay claim to these mines, or to any other mineral rights here. - "Feline Red", Robert Sampson.