carlosruizite

As nouns the difference between mineral and carlosruizite

is that mineral is any naturally occurring inorganic material that has a (more or less) definite chemical composition and characteristic physical properties while carlosruizite is a trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing chromium, hydrogen, iodine, magnesium, oxygen, potassium, selenium, sodium, and sulfur.

As an adjective mineral

is of, related to, or containing minerals.