Thesaurus:mineral

Thesaurus

mineral

English

Noun

Sense: any naturally occurring inorganic material with (more or less) definite chemical composition and physical properties

Synonyms

• mineral

Hyponyms

TBD: expand; See Category:en:Minerals

• bauxite
• diamond
• graphite
• quartz    [⇒ thesaurus]
• hematite
• magnetite
• limonite
• siderite

Notes

• 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

• "mineral" in WordNet 3.1, Princeton University, 2011.
• W:List of minerals