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- Mineral - v. i. - 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.
- Mineral - v. i. - A mine.
- Mineral - v. i. - Anything which is neither animal nor vegetable, as in the most general classification of things into three kingdoms (animal, vegetable, and mineral).
- Mineral - a. - Of or pertaining to minerals; consisting of a mineral or of minerals; as, a mineral substance.
- Mineral - a. - Impregnated with minerals; as, mineral waters.
- Mineralist - n. - One versed in minerals; mineralogist.
- Mineralization - n. - The process of mineralizing, or forming a mineral by combination of a metal with another element; also, the process of converting into a mineral, as a bone or a plant.
- Mineralization - n. - The act of impregnating with a mineral, as water.
- Mineralization - n. - The conversion of a cell wall into a material of a stony nature.
- Mineralize - v. t. - To transform into a mineral.
- Mineralize - v. t. - To impregnate with a mineral; as, mineralized water.
- Mineralize - v. i. - To go on an excursion for observing and collecting minerals; to mineralogize.
- Mineralized - imp. & p. p. - of Mineralize
- Mineralizer - n. - An element which is combined with a metal, thus forming an ore. Thus, in galena, or lead ore, sulphur is a mineralizer; in hematite, oxygen is a mineralizer.
- Mineralizing - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Mineralize
- Mineralogical - a. - Of or pertaining to mineralogy; as, a mineralogical table.
- Mineralogically - adv. - According to the principles of, or with reference to, mineralogy.
- Mineralogies - pl. - of Mineralogy
- Mineralogist - n. - One versed in mineralogy; one devoted to the study of minerals.
- Mineralogist - n. - A carrier shell (Phorus).
- Mineralogize - v. i. - To study mineralogy by collecting and examining minerals.
- Mineralogy - n. - The science which treats of minerals, and teaches how to describe, distinguish, and classify them.
- Mineralogy - n. - A treatise or book on this science.
- Leucitoid - n. - The trapezohedron or tetragonal trisoctahedron; -- so called as being the form of the mineral leucite.
- Roscoelite - n. - A green micaceous mineral occurring in minute scales. It is essentially a silicate of aluminia and potash containing vanadium.
- salt - - Sulphate of magnesia having cathartic qualities; -- originally prepared by boiling down the mineral waters at Epsom, England, -- whence the name; afterwards prepared from sea water; but now from certain minerals, as from siliceous hydrate of magnesia.
- Stibnite - n. - A mineral of a lead-gray color and brilliant metallic luster, occurring in prismatic crystals; sulphide of antimony; -- called also antimony glance, and gray antimony.
- Apophyllite - n. - A mineral relating to the zeolites, usually occurring in square prisms or octahedrons with pearly luster on the cleavage surface. It is a hydrous silicate of calcium and potassium.
- Caesium - n. - A rare alkaline metal found in mineral water; -- so called from the two characteristic blue lines in its spectrum. It was the first element discovered by spectrum analysis, and is the most strongly basic and electro-positive substance known. Symbol Cs. Atomic weight 132.6.
- Anorthite - n. - A mineral of the feldspar family, commonly occurring in small glassy crystals, also a constituent of some igneous rocks. It is a lime feldspar. See Feldspar.
- Rh/tizite - n. - A variety of the mineral cyanite.
- Cobaltite - n. - A mineral of a nearly silver-white color, composed of arsenic, sulphur, and cobalt.
- Deposit - v. t. - A natural occurrence of a useful mineral under the conditions to invite exploitation.
- Boncilate - n. - A substance composed of ground bone, mineral matters, etc., hardened by pressure, and used for making billiard balls, boxes, etc.
- Linnaeite - n. - A mineral of pale steel-gray color and metallic luster, occurring in isometric crystals, and also massive. It is a sulphide of cobalt containing some nickel or copper.
- Philippium - n. - A rare and doubtful metallic element said to have been discovered in the mineral samarskite.
- Oil - n. - Any one of a great variety of unctuous combustible substances, not miscible with water; as, olive oil, whale oil, rock oil, etc. They are of animal, vegetable, or mineral origin and of varied composition, and they are variously used for food, for solvents, for anointing, lubrication, illumination, etc. By extension, any substance of an oily consistency; as, oil of vitriol.
- Melanochroite - n. - A mineral of a red, or brownish or yellowish red color. It is a chromate of lead; -- called also phoenicocroite.
- Petroleum - n. - Rock oil, mineral oil, or natural oil, a dark brown or greenish inflammable liquid, which, at certain points, exists in the upper strata of the earth, from whence it is pumped, or forced by pressure of the gas attending it. It consists of a complex mixture of various hydrocarbons, largely of the methane series, but may vary much in appearance, composition, and properties. It is refined by distillation, and the products include kerosene, benzine, gasoline, paraffin, etc.
- Ozocerite - n. - A waxlike mineral resin; -- sometimes called native paraffin, and mineral wax.
- Polyhalite - n. - A mineral usually occurring in fibrous masses, of a brick-red color, being tinged with iron, and consisting chiefly of the sulphates of lime, magnesia, and soda.
- Staurolite - n. - A mineral of a brown to black color occurring in prismatic crystals, often twinned so as to form groups resembling a cross. It is a silicate of aluminia and iron, and is generally found imbedded in mica schist. Called also granatite, and grenatite.
- Lapis lazuli - - An albuminous mineral of a rich blue color. Same as Lazuli, which see.
- Dendrite - n. - A stone or mineral on or in which are branching figures resembling shrubs or trees, produced by a foreign mineral, usually an oxide of manganese, as in the moss agate; also, a crystallized mineral having an arborescent form, e. g., gold or silver; an arborization.
- Triphylite - n. - A mineral of a grayish-green or bluish color, consisting of the phosphates of iron, manganese, and lithia.
- Melilite - n. - A mineral occurring in small yellow crystals, found in the lavas (melilite basalt) of Vesuvius, and elsewhere.
- Boltonite - n. - A granular mineral of a grayish or yellowish color, found in Bolton, Massachusetts. It is a silicate of magnesium, belonging to the chrysolite family.
- Lustre - n. - The appearance of the surface of a mineral as affected by, or dependent upon, peculiarities of its reflecting qualities.
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- H5427 נֶתֶר - 5427 נֶתֶר - נֶתֶר - - nether - neh'-ther - from נָתַר; mineral potash (so called from effervescing with acid); nitre. - Noun Masculine - heb
- G4223 Ποτίολοι - 4223 Ποτίολοι - ΠΟΤΊΟΛΟΙ - - Potíoloi - pot-ee'-ol-oy - of Latin origin; little wells, i.e. mineral springs; Potioli (i.e. Puteoli), a place in Italy:--Puteoli. - Noun Location - greek