Mineral
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.
A mine.
Anything which is neither animal nor vegetable, as in the most general classification of things into three kingdoms (animal, vegetable, and mineral).
Of or pertaining to minerals; consisting of a mineral or of minerals; as, a mineral substance.
Impregnated with minerals; as, mineral waters.
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Mineral Quotations
The meek shall inherit the Earth, but not its mineral rights.
J. Paul Getty
And I will never, ever respond to anybody - man, woman, vegetable, or mineral - who tells me to keep my mouth shut.
Janice Dickinson
Ten years ago I was not heavily involved in the film world but on reflection it was a boom time with the mineral boom happening, so there was immense growth for industrial training films, documentaries to do with the mining, and the outback world.
Ann Macbeth
Your future is still before you. Your land is a vast storehouse of mineral and agricultural wealth awaiting further development for the benefit of mankind. It potentialities are magnificent.
Charles E. Wilson
The offshore ocean area under U.S. jurisdiction is larger than our land mass, and teems with plant and animal life, mineral resources, commerce, trade, and energy sources.
Tom Allen
Millions of Americans take vitamins safely every day, including me. Vitamins and mineral supplements taken in recommended doses are safe. It's the designer supplements that are worrisome.
Dick Durbin
It proved easier to buy the farm to get the mineral rights than to buy the coal rights alone.
Orville Redenbacher
Mineral Translations
mineral in Afrikaans is mineraal
mineral in Dutch is mineraal
mineral in German is Mineral
mineral in Norwegian is malm
mineral in Spanish is mineral
mineral in Swedish is mineral
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