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Categories: Articles with short description, Minerals, All articles containing potentially dated statements, Natural materials, Mineralogy
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mineral  accessory mineral  accessory minerals  Accessory phases  Mineral/References
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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. Wikipedia
An element or chemical compound that is normally crystalline, formed as a result of geological processes Wikipedia Disambiguation
Naturally occurring usually inorganic substance that has a definite chemical composition and a crystal structure Wikidata
A naturally occurring substance with a characteristic chemical composition expressed by a chemical formula; may occur as individual crystals or may be disseminated in some other material or rock. OmegaWiki
Any naturally occurring inorganic material that has a (more or less) definite chemical composition and characteristic physical properties. Wiktionary