Concept information
Preferred term
mineral
Definition
- A mineral or mineral species is, broadly speaking, a solid chemical compound with a fairly well-defined chemical composition and a specific crystal structure that occurs naturally in pure form. (Adapted from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mineral)
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- amphibole
- apatite
- aragonite
- authigenic mineral
- biotite
- calcite
- carbonate
- clay mineralogy
- endmember
- evaporite mineral
- ferrihydrite
- fossil
- gibbsite
- glass inclusion
- glauconite
- goethite
- graphite
- greigite
- gypsum
- haematite
- halite
- halloysite
- hornblende
- illite
- ilmenite
- maghemite
- magnetic mineral
- magnetite
- mica
- mineral phase
- montmorillonite
- olivine
- opal
- palygorskite
- plagioclase
- pyrite
- pyroxene
- pyrrhotite
- quartz
- secondary mineral
- siderite
- silicate
- smectite
- vermiculite
- vivianite
- zeolite
- zircon
In other languages
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French
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/QX8-VGMZFRM2-Z
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