A naturally occurring substance of neither animal nor vegetable origin; an inorganic substance. (Not now in technical use.)
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| 释义 | the world > the earth > minerals > 			[noun]		 > mineral substance (4)		 mineral?a1425 A naturally occurring substance of neither animal nor vegetable origin; an inorganic substance. (Not now in technical use.) body1594 Chemistry. Originally: †any of the four elements (earth, fire, water, and air) believed to constitute matter; a material substance made from one… fossil1606 A rock or mineral substance, or an object composed of this, dug out of the earth. Obsolete. mineraloid1913 A naturally occurring substance which differs from a true mineral in some respect, esp. in having an amorphous rather than a crystalline structure.  | 
	
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