Mineral

Naturally occurring elements, compounds, and minerals: things you can find in the ground.

• What general words refer to minerals?
  mineral mineral resources element chemical atom crystal ore
• What types of minerals are there?
  bauxite borax brimstone calcium carbon coal coke feldspar gypsum limestone magnetite mica nitrate peat phosphate phosphorus pitch pitchblende potash potassium pyrite salt saltpeter silica soda sulfur talc tar
• What words refer to the study of minerals?
  mineralogy mineralogist
• What words refer to the formation of minerals?
  mineralize calcify petrify vitrify