mineral /minˈə-rəl/

1. Any of various classes of inorganic substances, esp solid, naturally occurring and crystalline in form
2. A substance obtained by mining
3. Ore
4. A substance neither animal nor vegetable
5. A mine (Shakespeare)
6. A poison (Shakespeare)
7. A mineral water (in a wide sense)

1. Relating to minerals
2. Having the nature of minerals
3. (esp of water) impregnated with minerals
4. Of inorganic substance or nature

minˈeralist noun

A person with a specialist knowledge of minerals, a mineralogist

mineralizāˈtion or mineralisāˈtion noun

minˈeralize or minˈeralise transitive verb

1. To make into a mineral
2. To give the properties of a mineral to
3. To go looking for and examining minerals

mineralīz'er or mineralīs'er noun

1. A person who, or that which, mineralizes
2. An element, eg sulphur, that combines with a metal to form an ore
3. A gas or vapour that promotes the crystallizing out of minerals from an igneous magma

mineralogˈical adjective

Relating to mineralogy

mineralogˈically adverb

mineralˈogist noun

A person skilled or trained in mineralogy

mineralogize or mineralogise /-alˈ/ intransitive verb

To collect or study minerals

mineralˈogy noun

The science of minerals

mineral alkali noun (obsolete)

Sodium carbonate

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