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Mineral vs Kelyphite - What's the difference?

mineral | kelyphite |

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)
  • (geology) Any naturally occurring inorganic material that has a (more or less) definite chemical composition and characteristic physical properties.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-03
    • , author=Lee A. Groat , title=Gemstones , volume=100, issue=2, page=128 , magazine=(American Scientist) 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.}}
  • 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 .
  • * 1599 , , IV. i. 26:
    • O'er whom his very madness, like some ore / Among a mineral of metals base, / Shows itself pure;

    Related terms

    * mine * mineralogy

    Derived terms

    * rare earth mineral

    Adjective

    (head)
  • of, related to, or containing minerals

    • Derived terms

    * mineral acid * mineral oil * mineral processing * mineral tar * mineral water * mineral wax * mineral weathering * mineral wool

    Anagrams

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    kelyphite

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (mineralogy) A substitution mineral found surrounding garnet in peridotites.
  • *{{quote-journal
    • , date = 2000-05-19 , first = Kenneth D. , last = Collerson , coauthors = et al. , title = Rocks from the Mantle Transition Zone: Majorite-Bearing Xenoliths from Malaita, Southwest Pacific , journal = , issn = 0036-8075 , doi = 10.1126/science.288.5469.1215 , volume = 288 , issue = 5469 , pages = 1215-1223 , url = http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/288/5469/1215 , passage = Relationships shown in Fig. 3 , B and C demonstrate that formation of the symplectite predated development of glassy kelyphite veins which formed by decompression melting during rapid ascent of the host . }}
  • * Obata, M.; Ozawa, K.; Spengler, D. in American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2009, abstract #V44A-02
  • *:Kelyphite is a fine grained, fibrous and radially oriented mineral assembly surrounding partially retrogressed garnet.