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S: (n) talc, talcum (a fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate; used in a variety of products including talcum powder)
S: (n) amblygonite (a white or grey mineral consisting of lithium aluminum phosphate; a source of lithium)
S: (n) amphibole (a mineral or mineral variety belonging to the amphibole group)
S: (n) amphibole group (a group of minerals with similar crystal structures containing a silicate chain and combinations of chiefly sodium and calcium and magnesium and iron and aluminum)
S: (n) apatite (a common complex mineral consisting of calcium fluoride phosphate or calcium chloride phosphate; a source of phosphorus)
S: (n) aragonite (a mineral form of crystalline calcium carbonate; dimorphic with calcite)
S: (n) argentite (a valuable silver ore consisting of silver sulfide (Ag2S))
S: (n) argyrodite (a rare steel-grey mineral consisting of silver and germanium and sulfur)
S: (n) asphalt, mineral pitch (a dark bituminous substance found in natural beds and as residue from petroleum distillation; consists mainly of hydrocarbons)
S: (n) augite (dark-green to black glassy mineral of the pyroxene group containing large amounts of aluminum and iron and magnesium)
S: (n) bauxite (a clay-like mineral; the chief ore of aluminum; composed of aluminum oxides and aluminum hydroxides; used as an abrasive and catalyst)
S: (n) beryl (the chief source of beryllium; colored transparent varieties are valued as gems)
S: (n) borax (an ore of boron consisting of hydrated sodium borate; used as a flux or cleansing agent)
S: (n) bornite, peacock ore (a mineral consisting of sulfides of copper and iron that is found in copper deposits)
S: (n) carnallite (a white or reddish mineral consisting of hydrous chlorides of potassium and magnesium; used as a fertilizer and as a source of potassium and magnesium)
S: (n) cassiterite (a hard heavy dark mineral that is the chief source of tin)
S: (n) cristobalite (a white mineral consisting of silica; found in volcanic rocks)
S: (n) crocolite (a rare lead chromite mineral that forms bright orange crystals)
S: (n) cryolite, Greenland spar (a white mineral consisting of fluorides of aluminum and sodium; a source of fluorine)
S: (n) cuprite (a mineral consisting of cuprous oxide that is a source of copper)
S: (n) dolomite, bitter spar (a light colored mineral consisting of calcium magnesium carbonate; a source of magnesium; used as a ceramic and as fertilizer)
S: (n) emery (a hard grey-black mineral consisting of corundum and either hematite or magnetite; used as an abrasive (especially as a coating on paper))
S: (n) erythrite, cobalt bloom (a reddish mineral consisting of hydrated cobalt arsenate in monoclinic crystalline form and used in coloring glass; usually found in veins bearing cobalt and arsenic)
S: (n) fergusonite (a dark mineral consisting of oxides of yttrium and erbium and tantalum and other minerals)
S: (n) fluorite, fluorspar, fluor (a soft mineral (calcium fluoride) that is fluorescent in ultraviolet light; chief source of fluorine)
S: (n) gadolinite, ytterbite (a mineral that is a source of rare earths; consists of silicates of iron and beryllium and cerium and yttrium and erbium)
S: (n) galena (soft blue-grey mineral; lead sulfide; a major source of lead)
S: (n) garnet (any of a group of hard glassy minerals (silicates of various metals) used as gemstones and as an abrasive)
S: (n) garnierite (a green mineral consisting of hydrated nickel magnesium silicate; a source of nickel)
S: (n) germanite (a rare reddish-grey mineral consisting of a copper iron germanium sulfide)
S: (n) gibbsite (white crystalline mineral consisting of aluminum hydroxide; a constituent of bauxite and a source of alumina)
S: (n) glauconite (a green mineral consisting of hydrated silicate of potassium or iron or magnesium or aluminum; found in greensand)
S: (n) ilmenite (a weakly magnetic black mineral found in metamorphic and plutonic rocks; an iron titanium oxide in crystalline form; a source of titanium)
S: (n) jadeite (a hard green mineral consisting of sodium aluminum silicate in monoclinic crystalline form; a source of jade; found principally in Burma)
S: (n) kainite (a white mineral consisting of magnesium sulphate and potassium chloride; a source of potassium salts; used as a fertilizer)
S: (n) kaolinite (a mineral consisting of aluminum silicate; main source of kaolin)
S: (n) kernite (a light soft mineral consisting of hydrated sodium borate in crystalline form; an important source of boron)
S: (n) kieserite (a white mineral consisting of hydrous magnesium sulfate often found in salt mines)
S: (n) kyanite, cyanite (a grey or greenish-blue mineral consisting of aluminum silicate in crystalline form; occurs in metaphoric rock, used as a refractory)
S: (n) langbeinite (a mineral consisting of potassium magnesium double sulphate; used as a fertilizer)
S: (n) magnesite (a white mineral consisting of magnesium carbonate; a source of magnesium)
S: (n) malachite (a green or blue mineral used as an ore of copper and for making ornamental objects)
S: (n) mica, isinglass (any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves; used as dielectrics because of their resistance to electricity)
S: (n) millerite (a yellow mineral consisting of nickel sulfide; a minor source of nickel)
S: (n) molybdenite (a mineral resembling graphite that is valued as the chief source of molybdenum and its compounds)
S: (n) monazite (a reddish-brown mineral containing rare earth metals; an important source of thorium and cerium)
S: (n) nepheline, nephelite (a whitish mineral consisting of sodium aluminum silicate or potassium aluminum silicate in crystalline form; used in the manufacture of ceramics and enamels)
S: (n) nephelinite (an igneous rock consisting of nepheline and pyroxene)
S: (n) olivine (a mineral consisting of magnesium iron silicate; a source of magnesium)
S: (n) olivenite (rare green to black mineral consisting of hydrated copper arsenate that is found in copper deposits)
S: (n) opal (a translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color; some varieties are used as gemstones)
S: (n) ore (a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined)
S: (n) orpiment (a yellow mineral occurring in conjunction with realgar; an ore of arsenic)
S: (n) osmiridium, iridosmine (a hard and corrosion resistant mineral that is a natural alloy of osmium and iridium (usually containing small amounts of rhodium and platinum); used in needles and pen nibs etc.)
S: (n) pentlandite (a mineral (iron and nickel sulphide) that is the chief ore of nickel)
S: (n) quartz (a hard glossy mineral consisting of silicon dioxide in crystal form; present in most rocks (especially sandstone and granite); yellow sand is quartz with iron oxide impurities)
S: (n) realgar (a rare soft orange mineral consisting of arsenic sulphide; an important ore of arsenic)
S: (n) red clay (clay whose redness results from iron oxide)
S: (n) rhodochrosite (a mineral consisting of manganese carbonate; a source of manganese)
S: (n) rhodonite (a pink or red mineral consisting of crystalline manganese silicate; used as an ornamental stone)
S: (n) rutile (a mineral consisting of titanium dioxide in crystalline form; occurs in metamorphic and plutonic rocks and is a major source of titanium)
S: (n) sapphirine (a rare light blue or green mineral; consists of aluminum and magnesium silicate and occurs as small grains in some metamorphic rocks)
S: (n) sylvanite, graphic tellurium (a silver-white mineral consisting of silver gold telluride; a source of gold in Australia and America)
S: (n) sylvite, sylvine (a mineral consisting of native potassium chloride; an important ore of potassium that is found in sedimentary beds)
S: (n) talc, talcum (a fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate; used in a variety of products including talcum powder)
S: (n) tantalite (a mineral consisting of tantalum oxide of iron and manganese that occurs with niobite or in coarse granite; an ore of tantalum)
S: (n) thorite (a radioactive mineral consisting of thorium silicate; it is a source of thorium that is found in coarse granite)
S: (n) thortveitite (a mineral consisting of scandium yttrium silicate; a source of scandium)
S: (n) topaz (a mineral (fluosilicate of aluminum) that occurs in crystals of various colors and is used as a gemstone)
S: (n) tourmaline (a mineral that is a complex borosilicate and hydroxide of aluminum containing iron and magnesium and calcium and lithium and sodium; it is usually black but occurs in transparent colored forms that are used as gemstones)
S: (n) turquoise (a blue to grey green mineral consisting of copper aluminum phosphate) "blue turquoise is valued as a gemstone"
S: (n) vanadinite (a mineral consisting of chloride and vanadate of lead; a source of vanadium)
S: (n) vermiculite (any of a group of yellow or brown hydrous silicate minerals having a micaceous structure)
S: (n) vesuvianite, vesuvian, idocrase (a green or yellow or brown mineral consisting of a hydrated silicate; it occurs as crystals in limestone and is used a gemstone)
S: (n) wolframite, iron manganese tungsten (a mineral consisting of iron and manganese tungstate in crystalline form; the principal ore of tungsten; found in quartz veins associated with granitic rocks)
S: (n) wollastonite (a white or greyish mineral typically found in metamorphic limestone; a silicate of calcium)
S: (n) wulfenite (a yellow to orange or brown mineral used as a molybdenum ore)
S: (n) wurtzite (a brownish-black mineral consisting of zinc sulfide)
S: (n) xenotime (a brown-to-yellow mineral that is a phosphate of yttrium in crystalline form)
S: (n) zeolite (any of a family of glassy minerals analogous to feldspar containing hydrated aluminum silicates of calcium or sodium or potassium; formed in cavities in lava flows and in plutonic rocks)
S: (n) zinkenite (a steel grey metallic mineral (a sulphide of lead and antimony))
S: (n) zircon, zirconium silicate (a common mineral occurring in small crystals; chief source of zirconium; used as a refractory when opaque and as a gem when transparent)
S: (n) talc, talcum (a fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate; used in a variety of products including talcum powder)