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    In geology and mineralogy, a mineral or mineral species is, broadly speaking, a solid substance with a fairly well-defined chemical composition and a specific...
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    Mineral oil is any of various colorless, odorless, light mixtures of higher alkanes from a mineral source, particularly a distillate of petroleum, as distinct...
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    medium. Mineral wool is also known as mineral cotton, mineral fiber, man-made mineral fiber (MMMF), and man-made vitreous fiber (MMVF). Specific mineral wool...
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  • Look up mineralization in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mineralization may refer to: Biomineralization (mineralization in biology), when an inorganic...
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    Mineral water is water from a mineral spring that contains various minerals, such as salts and sulfur compounds. It is usually still, but may be sparkling...
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  • Mineral Springs is the name of several locations in the United States: Mineral Springs, Arkansas Mineral Springs, Indiana Mineral Spring, Missouri Mineral...
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    the context of nutrition, a mineral is a chemical element. Some "minerals" are essential for life, but most are not. Minerals are one of the four groups...
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    Silicate minerals are rock-forming minerals made up of silicate groups. They are the largest and most important class of minerals and make up approximately...
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    scale (/moʊz/ MOHZ) of mineral hardness is a qualitative ordinal scale, from 1 to 10, characterizing scratch resistance of minerals through the ability of...
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    Dolomite (/ˈdɒl.əˌmaɪt, ˈdoʊ.lə-/) is an anhydrous carbonate mineral composed of calcium magnesium carbonate, ideally CaMg(CO3)2. The term is also used...
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    Mineral is a town in Louisa County, Virginia, United States. The population was 467 at the 2010 census. Mineral was originally known as Tolersville, but...
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  • A mineral acid (or inorganic acid) is an acid derived from one or more inorganic compounds, as opposed to organic acids which are acidic, organic compounds...
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  • In geology, a heavy mineral is a mineral with a density that is greater than 2.9 g/cm3, most commonly referring to dense components of siliciclastic sediments...
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  • Minerals (Yemen) Ministry of Oil and Mineral Resources (Syria) Ministry of Oil and Mineral Resources (Turkmenistan) Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral...
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    is located within the Town of Mineral Point. Mineral Point is part of the Madison Metropolitan Statistical Area. Mineral Point was settled in 1827, becoming...
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    Mineral spas are spa resorts developed around naturally occurring mineral springs. Like seaside resorts, they are mainly used recreationally although...
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  • Mineral County is the name of four counties in the United States: Mineral County, Colorado Mineral County, Montana Mineral County, Nevada Mineral County...
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  • In plants and animals, mineral absorption, also called mineral uptake is the way in which minerals enter the cellular material, typically following the...
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    Ore (redirect from Mineral Deposit)
    Ore is natural rock or sediment that contains one or more valuable minerals, typically including metals, concentrated above background levels, and that...
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    Mineral collecting is the hobby of systematically collecting, identifying and displaying mineral specimens. Mineral collecting can also be a part of the...
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    Clay minerals are hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates (e.g. kaolin, Al2Si2O5(OH)4), sometimes with variable amounts of iron, magnesium, alkali metals, alkaline...
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  • Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town is a video game for the Game Boy Advance, developed and published by Marvelous Interactive. It is the first Game...
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    Bone mineral (also called inorganic bone phase, bone salt, or bone apatite) is the inorganic component of bone tissue. It gives bones their compressive...
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    In mineralogy, an inclusion is any material trapped inside a mineral during its formation. In gemology, it is an object enclosed within a gemstone or...
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    Quartz (redirect from Citrine (mineral))
    Quartz is a hard, crystalline mineral composed of silica (silicon dioxide). The atoms are linked in a continuous framework of SiO4 silicon–oxygen tetrahedra...
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  • summary of the two major producers of different minerals (and coal, which is generally not considered a mineral). Lists of mines "Statistical Review of World...
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  • Mineral Point is the name of places in the United States. Mineral Point, Missouri, a village Mineral Point, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community Mineral...
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  • Mineral City, Indiana Mineral City, Missouri Mineral City, Nevada Mineral City, Ohio Mineral City, Washington, a ghost town. Mineral City, West Virginia...
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    discipline is the extraction of minerals from the ground. Mining engineering is associated with many other disciplines, such as mineral processing, exploration...
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  • This is a list of minerals which have Wikipedia articles. Minerals are distinguished by various chemical and physical properties. Differences in chemical...
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