mineral

adj

Etymology: From Middle English mineral, borrowed from Old French mineral, (French minéral), from Medieval Latin minerale, from minera (“ore”), probably ultimately derived from Latin mina (“ore, mine”).

1. of, related to, or containing minerals

name

1. A number of places in the United States, including:
2. A number of places in the United States, including:

noun

Etymology: From Middle English mineral, borrowed from Old French mineral, (French minéral), from Medieval Latin minerale, from minera (“ore”), probably ultimately derived from Latin mina (“ore, mine”).

1. Any naturally occurring material that has a (more or less) definite chemical composition and characteristic physical properties; especially, an inorganic and crystalline one.

   “The physiology of matter in the abstract is dynamical, that of mineral species is both dynamical and chemical, while that of organized forms is at once dynamical, chemical, and biotical.”

   “Formation of alteration minerals in the host rock during deformation within the shear zone is indicated by the parallel foliation within the secondary micaceous minerals and the unmineralized host schist.”

2. Any inorganic material (as distinguished from animal or vegetable).
3. Any inorganic element that is essential to nutrition.
4. Mineral water.
5. A soft drink, particularly a single serve bottle or can.
6. A mine or mineral deposit.

   “O'er whom his very madness, like some ore / Among a mineral of metals base, / Shows itself pure;”

7. A poisonous or dangerous substance.

   “...Thou hast... / Abused her delicate youth with drugs or minerals[…]”