Thesaurus:mineral
English edit
Noun edit
Sense: any naturally occurring inorganic material with (more or less) definite chemical composition and physical properties edit
Synonyms edit
Hyponyms edit
TBD: expand; See Category:en:Minerals
Notes edit
- A mineral is not a species of a chemically pure substance: a single chemically pure substance can occur as multiple minerals, e.g. carbon as graphite and qurtz.
Further reading edit
- "mineral" in WordNet 3.1, Princeton University, 2011.
- W:List of minerals