Definition of Minerel
Min"er*al (?), n. [F.
minéral, LL. minerale, fr. minera mine.
See Mine, v. i.]
1. 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.
2. A mine. [Obs.] Shak.
3. Anything which is neither animal nor
vegetable, as in the most general classification of things into three
kingdoms (animal, vegetable, and mineral).
Min"er*al, a. 1.
Of or pertaining to minerals; consisting of a mineral or of
minerals; as, a mineral substance.
2. Impregnated with minerals; as,
mineral waters.
Mineral acids (Chem.), inorganic
acids, as sulphuric, nitric, phosphoric, hydrochloric, acids, etc.,
as distinguished from the organic acids. --
Mineral blue, the name usually given to
azurite, when reduced to an impalpable powder for coloring
purposes. -- Mineral candle, a candle made
of paraffine. -- Mineral caoutchouc, an
elastic mineral pitch, a variety of bitumen, resembling caoutchouc in
elasticity and softness. See Caoutchouc, and
Elaterite. -- Mineral chameleon
(Chem.) See Chameleon mineral, under
Chameleon. -- Mineral charcoal. See
under Charcoal. -- Mineral cotton.
See Mineral wool (below). -- Mineral
green, a green carbonate of copper; malachite. --
Mineral kingdom (Nat. Sci.), that one of
the three grand divisions of nature which embraces all inorganic
objects, as distinguished from plants or animals. --
Mineral oil. See Naphtha, and
Petroleum. -- Mineral paint, a
pigment made chiefly of some natural mineral substance, as red or
yellow iron ocher. -- Mineral patch. See
Bitumen, and Asphalt. -- Mineral
right, the right of taking minerals from land. --
Mineral salt (Chem.), a salt of a
mineral acid. -- Mineral tallow, a
familiar name for hatchettite, from its fatty or spermaceti-
like appearance. -- Mineral water. See
under Water. -- Mineral wax. See
Ozocerite. -- Mineral wool, a
fibrous wool-like material, made by blowing a powerful jet of air or
steam through melted slag. It is a poor conductor of heat.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A naturally occurring chemical compound containing one or more elements. Rocks are formed from one or more minerals. The distinction between rocks and minerals is often vague, and special cases apply:
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