mineral

[ˈmɪnərəl]

Definition:
1. Solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition.
2. Relating to minerals.
3. Of or containing or derived from minerals.
4. Composed of matter other than plant or animal.

Use 'mineral' in a sentence:

1. The country possesses rich mineral resources.
2. Harrogate became a fashionable resort during Victorian times, when people came to take a bath in the mineral waters.
3. Part of a healthy diet is drinking at least 2 liters of pure (ideally alkaline) mineral water every day.
4. The high quality mineral water has passed the state-level test.
5. Over millions of years, groundwater left deposits of a mineral called calcite, on the rock within Devil's Hole.
6. The product provided inadequate vitamin and mineral supplementation.
7. If oil or gold are discovered under your lot, you can sell the mineral rights.
8. Today, few people come to visit the town for its mineral waters.
9. Our country is rich in mineral resources.
10. Fats and sugar are very rich in energy but poor in vitamins, minerals and dietary fibre.
11. So-called serpentine soils, for example, are deficient in calcium, and only plants able to tolerate low levels of this mineral can survive.
12. Medicines are often made from herbs, plants, mineral water and organs from unfortunate animals.
13. This is mineral water from Tibet.
14. No amount of cleansing or mineral water consumption can guarantee a clear skin.
15. Lonrho's mining and minerals businesses showed some improvement.
16. Some people have attributed this longevity to their consumption of a natural mineral water, which is remarkably free from impurities.
17. Drink at least 2 litres of still mineral water throughout the day to aid detoxification.
18. We all know what these taste like, from tasting blood and mineral water.
19. China is rich in minerals.
20. While mineral deficiencies can limit the growth of plants, an overabundance of certain minerals can be toxic and can also limit growth.
21. Mongolia, although poor, has considerable untapped resources of oil and minerals.
22. Women want to know what it is and why it is in so many brands of mineral cosmetics.
23. Antarctica's mineral, oil and gas wealth are a longer-term prize.
24. Water contains minerals.
25. It was more popular than mineral water.
26. For this reason, Chang'e 4 will study the effect of solar winds on the lunar surface and any mineral found by the spacecraft.
27. Jarosite is a yellowish-brown mineral with a crystalline structure that's also found on earth.
28. There are rich mineral deposits in this region.
29. When I told them I was parched, they went and got me a bottle of mineral water.
30. Forster established the essentiality of minerals as accessory food factors required for maintaining life.
31. We know the constitution of mineral through chemical analysis.
32. It relies chiefly on mineral export.
33. If the supply of vitamins and minerals in the diet is inadequate, this will result in changes in body chemistry.
34. He had prospected for minerals everywhere from the Gobi Desert to the Transvaal.
35. It contains less than 1 per cent fat, an appreciable amount of protein, and a high content of minerals.
36. It is a kind of hot spring water, which contains the mineral base, to restore and transform it into weak alkaline water.
37. Water in the vadose zone drains down to the water table, leaving behind a thin coating of water on mineral grains.
38. He insisted that the mineral content of the water determined the opacity.
39. No minerals have yet been exploited in Antarctica.
40. With geological maps, books and atlases you can find out all the proven sites of precious minerals.
41. The mineral content of groundwater normally increases with the depth, but even quite shallow aquifers can be highly saline.
42. Diamonds are the hardest known mineral.
43. A glass of mineral water, please.
44. Minerals are often found deep in the ground.
45. Mineral oils are used to lubricate machinery.
46. The minerals in the water made it unpleasant to drink.
47. The rock is rich in mineral salts.
48. Atoms within the fluid interact with the minerals that form the grains.
49. Several severe federal generals drank the mineral water on the miner's funeral.
50. The United States is a land rich in mineral resources and fertile farm soil, together with a moderate climate.
51. In many marine creatures, however, the skeleton is composed of a mineral variety of calcium carbonate called aragonite.
52. Minerals can be absorbed and utilized by the body in a variety of different forms.
53. The fungi absorb moisture and mineral salts from the rocks, passing these on in waste products that nourish algae.
54. Minerals in general are not nearly so well absorbed as other nutrients.
55. The living organisms somehow concentrated the minerals by biological processes.
56. Plants draw minerals and other nutrients from the soil.