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Mineral vs Sascab - What's the difference?

mineral | sascab |

As nouns the difference between mineral and sascab

is that mineral is mineral while sascab is a naturally occurring mineral material used as a building and paving material in mesoamerica since antiquity.

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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    sascab

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • A naturally occurring mineral material used as a building and paving material in Mesoamerica since antiquity.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=August 18, author=Marc Lacey, title=A Battle as the Tide Takes Away Cancún Sand, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=As for the use of police tape, he said the unauthorized work, which included the introduction of a sand substitute known as sascab , was against the law and thus created a crime scene. }}