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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. |
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A mine. |
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Anything which is neither animal nor vegetable, as in
the most general classification of things into three kingdoms (animal,
vegetable, and mineral). |
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Of or pertaining to minerals; consisting of a mineral or
of minerals; as, a mineral substance. |
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Impregnated with minerals; as, mineral waters. |
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