1. (n.) 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.

2. (n.) A mine.

3. (v. i.) Anything which is neither animal nor vegetable, as in the most general classification of things into three kingdoms (animal, vegetable, and mineral).

4. (a.) of or pertaining to minerals; consisting of a mineral or of minerals; as, a mineral substance.

5. (a.) Impregnated with minerals; as, mineral waters.

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