Vocabulary : Miner to Mineralogically
Miner : One who mines; a digger for metals, etc.; one engaged in the business of getting ore, coal, or precious stones, out of the earth; one who digs military mines; as, armies have sappers and miners. ;; Any of numerous insects which, in the larval state, excavate galleries in the parenchyma of leaves. They are mostly minute moths and dipterous flies. ;; The chattering, or garrulous, honey eater of Australia (Myzantha garrula).Mineral : An inorganic species or substance occurring in nature, having a definite chemical composition and usually a distinct crystalline form. Rocks, except certain glassy igneous forms, are either simple minerals or aggregates of minerals. ;; A mine. ;; Anything which is neither animal nor vegetable, as in the most general classification of things into three kingdoms (animal, vegetable, and mineral). ;; Of or pertaining to minerals; consisting of a mineral or of minerals; as, a mineral substance. ;; Impregnated with minerals; as, mineral waters.
Mineralist : One versed in minerals; mineralogist.
Mineralization : The process of mineralizing, or forming a mineral by combination of a metal with another element; also, the process of converting into a mineral, as a bone or a plant. ;; The act of impregnating with a mineral, as water. ;; The conversion of a cell wall into a material of a stony nature.
Mineralize : To transform into a mineral. ;; To impregnate with a mineral; as, mineralized water. ;; To go on an excursion for observing and collecting minerals; to mineralogize. ;; To charge or impregnate with ore.
