- 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...
- Look up
mineralization in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Mineralization may
refer to:
Biomineralization (
mineralization in biology), when an inorganic...
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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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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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scale (/moʊz/ MOHZ) of
mineral hardness is a
qualitative ordinal scale, from 1 to 10,
characterizing scratch resistance of
minerals through the
ability of...
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their ends. As it
expands outward from the
growth plate, the
cartilage mineralizes and
hardens to
become bone (ossification). In MED, this
process is defective...
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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...
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Mining is the
extraction of
valuable geological materials and
minerals from the
surface of the Earth.
Mining is
required to
obtain most
materials that...
- 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...
- The
purpose of a
mineralizer is to
facilitate the
transport of
insoluble “nutrient” to a seed
crystal by
means of a
reversible chemical reaction. Over...
