Adjective mineral has 3 senses
  1. mineral - relating to minerals; "mineral elements"; "mineral deposits"
  2. mineral - of or containing or derived from minerals; "a mineral deposit"; "mineral water"
    Antonyms:
    animal, animallike, birdlike, cranelike, fishlike, horselike, insectlike, vegetable, rootlike, seedlike, stalklike, stemlike, vegetal, vegetational, vegetative
  3. mineral - composed of matter other than plant or animal; "the inorganic mineral world"
    Antonym:
    organic (indirect, via inorganic)
,Noun mineral has 1 sense
  1. mineral - solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition
    --1 is a kind of
    material, stuff
    --1 is a substance of rock, stone
    --1 has particulars:
     ader wax, earth wax, mineral wax, ozokerite, ozocerite; amblygonite; amphibole; amphibole group; apatite; aragonite; argentite; argyrodite; arsenopyrite, mispickel; asphalt, mineral pitch; augite; baddeleyite; bastnasite, bastnaesite; bauxite; beryl; borax; bornite, peacock ore; carnallite; carnotite; cassiterite; celestite; cerussite, white lead ore; chalcocite, copper glance; chalcopyrite, copper pyrites; chlorite; chromite; chrysoberyl; cinnabar; cobaltite; halite, rock salt; columbite-tantalite, coltan; cordierite; corundom, corundum; cristobalite; crocolite; cryolite, Greenland spar; cuprite; dolomite; earth color; emery; erythrite, cobalt bloom; fergusonite; fluorite, fluorspar, fluor; gadolinite, ytterbite; galena; garnet; garnierite; germanite; gibbsite; glauconite; greenockite, cadmium sulphide; gypsum; hausmannite; heavy spar, barite, barytes, barium sulphate; hemimorphite, calamine; ilmenite; jadeite; kainite; kaolinite; kernite; kieserite; kyanite, cyanite; langbeinite; lechartelierite; magnesite; malachite; maltha, mineral tar; manganite; meerschaum, sepiolite; mica, isinglass; millerite; molybdenite; monazite; nepheline, nephelite; nephelinite; niobite, columbite; nitrocalcite; olivine; olivenite; opal; ore; orpiment; osmiridium, iridosmine; pentlandite; periclase, magnesia, magnesium oxide; pinite; pollucite; psilomelane; pyrite, iron pyrite, fool's gold; pyrolusite; pyromorphite, green lead ore; pyrophyllite; pyroxene; pyrrhotite, pyrrhotine, magnetic pyrites; quartz; realgar; red clay; rhodochrosite; rhodonite; rutile; samarskite; sapphirine; scheelite; smaltite; sodalite; spar; spinel; spodumene; stannite, tin pyrites; stibnite; strontianite; sylvanite, graphic tellurium; sylvite, sylvine; talc, talcum; tantalite; thorite; thortveitite; topaz; tourmaline; tridymite; turquoise; uraninite, pitchblende; vanadinite; vesuvianite, vesuvian, idocrase; wolframite, iron manganese tungsten; wollastonite; wulfenite; xenotime; zeolite; zinc blende, blende, sphalerite; zinkenite; zircon, zirconium silicate
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