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  2. List of minerals - Wikipedia

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    Amethyst crystals – a purple quartz Apophyllite crystals sitting right beside a cluster of peachy bowtie stilbite Aquamarine variety of beryl with tourmaline on orthoclase Arsenopyrite from Hidalgo del Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico Aurichalcite needles spraying out within a protected pocket lined by bladed calcite crystals Austinite from the Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Durango, Mexico Ametrine ...

  3. Mineral - Wikipedia

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    Crystals of serandite, natrolite, analcime, and aegirine from Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada. In geology and mineralogy, a mineral or mineral species is, broadly speaking, a solid substance with a fairly well-defined chemical composition and a specific crystal structure that occurs naturally in pure form.

  4. Mineral (nutrient) - Wikipedia

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    Carbonic anhydrase, an enzyme that requires zinc (gray sphere near the center of this image), is essential for exhalation of carbon dioxide.. In the context of nutrition, a mineral is a chemical element.

  5. Industrial mineral - Wikipedia

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    Industrial resources (minerals) are geological materials that are mined for their commercial value, which are not fuel (fuel minerals or mineral fuels) and are not sources of metals (metallic minerals) but are used in the industries based on their physical and/or chemical properties. [1]

  6. Ore - Wikipedia

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    Iron ore (banded iron formation) Manganese ore – psilomelane (size: 6.7 × 5.8 × 5.1 cm) Lead ore – galena and anglesite (size: 4.8 × 4.0 × 3.0 cm). Ore is natural rock or sediment that contains one or more valuable minerals, typically including metals, concentrated above background levels, and that is economically viable to mine and process.

  7. List of minerals named after people - Wikipedia

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    See also External links A Abelsonite: C 31 H 32 N 4 Ni – American physicist Philip Hauge Abelson (1913–2004) Abswurmbachite: Cu 2+ Mn 3+ 6 O 8 SiO 4 – German mineralogist Irmgard Abs-Wurmbach (1938–2020) Adamite: Zn 2 AsO 4 OH – French mineralogist Gilbert Joseph Adam (1795–1881) Agrellite: NaCa 2 Si 4 O 10 F – English optical mineralogist Stuart Olof Agrell (1913–1996 ...

  8. Diego Alfonso de Medrano - Wikipedia

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    Diego Alfonso de Medrano was an established nobleman and in his home town of Logroño he initially started his study of alchemical medicine.His method of crafting medicines was scholarly, deeply rooted in the traditional alchemical and hermetic literature that utilized a complex language of emblems, mystical symbols and allegories to decipher medical secrets.

  9. Valenciana Mine - Wikipedia

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    In 1788, his son Antonio Alonso de Obregón and de la Barreda succeeded him. Although he inherited the titles, the property of the mine was divided into twenty-four shares, the descendants of Obregón kept ten shares, the family of Otero twelve shares and the family of Juan Antonio de Santa Ana two actions. [9]