Mineral vs Kelyphite - What's the difference?
mineral | kelyphite |
(geology) Any naturally occurring inorganic material that has a (more or less) definite chemical composition and characteristic physical properties.
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Any inorganic material (as distinguished from animal or vegetable).
Any inorganic element that is essential to nutrition; a dietary mineral.
(British) Mineral water.
(Ireland, South Africa, informal) A soft drink, particularly a single serve bottle or can.
(obsolete) A mine or mineral .
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of, related to, or containing minerals
(mineralogy) A substitution mineral found surrounding garnet in peridotites.
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, volume = 288
, issue = 5469
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*:Kelyphite is a fine grained, fibrous and radially oriented mineral assembly surrounding partially retrogressed garnet.
As nouns the difference between mineral and kelyphite
is that mineral is mineral while kelyphite is (mineralogy) a substitution mineral found surrounding garnet in peridotites.mineral
English
(wikipedia mineral)Alternative forms
* minerall (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are diamond, ruby and sapphire, emerald and other gem forms of the mineral beryl, chrysoberyl, tanzanite, tsavorite, topaz and jade.}}
- O'er whom his very madness, like some ore / Among a mineral of metals base, / Shows itself pure;
Derived terms
* rare earth mineralAdjective
(head)Derived terms
* mineral acid * mineral oil * mineral processing * mineral tar * mineral water * mineral wax * mineral weathering * mineral woolAnagrams
* * ----kelyphite
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Noun
(en noun)American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2009, abstract #V44A-02