- 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...
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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 water is
water from a
mineral spring that
contains various minerals, such as
salts and
sulfur compounds. It is
usually still, but may be sparkling...
- 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...
- Look up
mineralization in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Mineralization may
refer to:
Biomineralization (
mineralization in biology), when an inorganic...
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Silicate minerals are rock-forming
minerals made up of
silicate groups. They are the
largest and most
important class of
minerals and make up approximately...
- 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...
- Clay
minerals are
hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates (e.g. kaolin, Al2Si2O5(OH)4),
sometimes with
variable amounts of iron, magnesium,
alkali metals, alkaline...
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Dolomite (/ˈdɒl.əˌmaɪt, ˈdoʊ.lə-/) is an
anhydrous carbonate mineral composed of
calcium magnesium carbonate,
ideally CaMg(CO3)2. The term is also used...
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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...
