- 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...
- the
context of nutrition, a
mineral is a
chemical element. Some "
minerals" are
essential for life, but most are not.
Minerals are one of the four groups...
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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...
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Mineral ascorbates are a
group of
salts of
ascorbic acid (vitamin C). They are
composed of a
mineral cation bonded to
ascorbate (the
anion of ascorbic...
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Mineral Springs is the name of
several locations in the
United States:
Mineral Springs,
Arkansas Mineral Springs,
Indiana Mineral Spring,
Missouri Mineral...
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Leaders of
states in the U.S.
which have
significant mineral deposits often create a
state mineral, rock,
stone or
gemstone to
promote interest in their...
- Look up
Mineral,
mineral,
minéral, or
minerał in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A
mineral is a
chemical element or
compound that is
normally crystalline...
- medium.
Mineral wool is also
known as
mineral cotton,
mineral fiber, man-made
mineral fiber (MMMF), and man-made
vitreous fiber (MMVF).
Specific mineral wool...
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scale (/moʊz/ MOHZ) of
mineral hardness is a
qualitative ordinal scale, from 1 to 10,
characterizing scratch resistance of
minerals through the
ability of...
- In geology, a
heavy mineral is a
mineral with a
density that is
greater than 2.9 g/cm3, most
commonly referring to
dense components of
siliciclastic sediments...
