| 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. |
| Mineralize |
v. t. |
To charge or impregnate with ore. |
| 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. |
