Mineral

mineral
    adj 1: relating to minerals; "mineral elements"; "mineral
           deposits"
    2: composed of matter other than plant or animal; "the inorganic
       mineral world"
    n 1: solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature
         having a definite chemical composition
    

Mineral \Min"er*al\, a.
   1. Of or pertaining to minerals; consisting of a mineral or
      of minerals; as, a mineral substance.
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   2. Impregnated with minerals; as, mineral waters.
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   {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 paraffin.

   {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.
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Mineral \Min"er*al\, n. [F. min['e]ral, LL. minerale, fr. minera
   mine. See {Mine}, v. i.]
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   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.
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   2. A mine. [Obs.] --Shak.
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   3. Anything which is neither animal nor vegetable, as in the
      most general classification of things into three kingdoms
      (animal, vegetable, and mineral).
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Mineral, CA
  Zip code(s): 96063
Mineral, IL (village, FIPS 49516)
  Location: 41.38189 N, 89.83647 W
  Population (1990): 250 (106 housing units)
  Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 61344
Mineral, VA (town, FIPS 52120)
  Location: 38.00727 N, 77.90659 W
  Population (1990): 471 (202 housing units)
  Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 23117
Mineral, WA
  Zip code(s): 98355
    

Mineral, CA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in California
   Population (2000):    143
   Housing Units (2000): 450
   Land area (2000):     44.478574 sq. miles (115.198972 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.019981 sq. miles (0.051751 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    44.498555 sq. miles (115.250723 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            47794
   Located within:       California (CA), FIPS 06
   Location:             40.355686 N, 121.567333 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     96063
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Mineral, CA
    Mineral
    

Mineral, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois
   Population (2000):    272
   Housing Units (2000): 120
   Land area (2000):     0.307906 sq. miles (0.797474 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.307906 sq. miles (0.797474 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            49516
   Located within:       Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
   Location:             41.381921 N, 89.836576 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     61344
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Mineral, IL
    Mineral
    

Mineral, VA -- U.S. town in Virginia
   Population (2000):    424
   Housing Units (2000): 196
   Land area (2000):     0.893116 sq. miles (2.313159 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.893116 sq. miles (2.313159 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            52120
   Located within:       Virginia (VA), FIPS 51
   Location:             38.006117 N, 77.909553 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     23117
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Mineral, VA
    Mineral
    

Mineral -- U.S. County in Montana
   Population (2000):    3884
   Housing Units (2000): 1961
   Land area (2000):     1219.821073 sq. miles (3159.321942 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    3.556614 sq. miles (9.211588 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    1223.377687 sq. miles (3168.533530 sq. km)
   Located within:       Montana (MT), FIPS 30
   Location:             47.143735 N, 114.965059 W
   Headwords:
    Mineral
    Mineral, MT
    Mineral County
    Mineral County, MT
    

Mineral -- U.S. County in Nevada
   Population (2000):    5071
   Housing Units (2000): 2866
   Land area (2000):     3756.404850 sq. miles (9729.043485 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    56.564967 sq. miles (146.502586 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    3812.969817 sq. miles (9875.546071 sq. km)
   Located within:       Nevada (NV), FIPS 32
   Location:             38.525236 N, 118.466414 W
   Headwords:
    Mineral
    Mineral, NV
    Mineral County
    Mineral County, NV
    

Mineral -- U.S. County in West Virginia
   Population (2000):    27078
   Housing Units (2000): 12094
   Land area (2000):     327.733047 sq. miles (848.824658 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    1.397246 sq. miles (3.618850 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    329.130293 sq. miles (852.443508 sq. km)
   Located within:       West Virginia (WV), FIPS 54
   Location:             39.433373 N, 78.935756 W
   Headwords:
    Mineral
    Mineral, WV
    Mineral County
    Mineral County, WV
    

Mineral -- U.S. County in Colorado
   Population (2000):    831
   Housing Units (2000): 1119
   Land area (2000):     875.718798 sq. miles (2268.101177 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    1.986051 sq. miles (5.143847 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    877.704849 sq. miles (2273.245024 sq. km)
   Located within:       Colorado (CO), FIPS 08
   Location:             37.700620 N, 106.920831 W
   Headwords:
    Mineral
    Mineral, CO
    Mineral County
    Mineral County, CO
    

114 Moby Thesaurus words for "mineral":
      alabaster, alabastrine, amphibole, antimony, apatite, aplite,
      arsenic, asbestine, asbestos, asphalt, azurite, bauxite, bitumen,
      boron, brimstone, bromine, brucite, calcite, carbon, celestite,
      chalcedony, chlorite, chromite, clay, coal, coke, corundum,
      cryolite, diatomite, emery, epidote, epsomite, feldspar, garnet,
      gel mineral, glauconite, graphite, graphitic, gypsum, hatchettine,
      holosiderite, inorganic, inorganic substance, iron pyrites, jet,
      kyanite, lignite, lime, magnesite, malachite, maltha, marcasite,
      marl, meerschaum, metamict substance, mica, micaceous,
      mineral coal, mineral kingdom, mineral oil, mineral resources,
      mineral salt, mineral tallow, mineral tar, mineral wax,
      mineral world, mineral-bearing material, mineraloid, molybdenite,
      monazite, nonbiological, nonorganic, obsidian, olivine, ore,
      ozokerite, peat, perlite, petrified, phosphate rock, phosphorus,
      pumice, pyrite, pyrites, pyroxene, quartz, realgar, red clay,
      rhodonite, rock crystal, rocks, salt, selenite, selenium, siderite,
      silica, silicate, silicic, silicon, spar, spinel, spodumene,
      sulfur, sulfuric, sulfurous, talc, talcum, tellurium, unorganic,
      unorganized, untreated mineral, wollastonite, wulfenite, zeolite