Mineral vs Henrymeyerite - What's the difference?
mineral | henrymeyerite |
(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
(mineral) A tetragonal-dipyramidal black mineral containing barium, iron, oxygen, and titanium.
As nouns the difference between mineral and henrymeyerite
is that mineral is mineral while henrymeyerite is (mineral) a tetragonal-dipyramidal black mineral containing barium, iron, oxygen, and titanium.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;