Mineral vs. Ore

Mineralnoun

(geology) Any naturally occurring inorganic material that has a (more or less) definite chemical composition and characteristic physical properties.

Mineralnoun

Any inorganic material (as distinguished from animal or vegetable).

Mineralnoun

(nutrition) Any inorganic element that is essential to nutrition; a dietary mineral.

Mineralnoun

(British) Mineral water.

Mineralnoun

A soft drink, particularly a single serve bottle or can.

Mineralnoun

(obsolete) A mine or mineral deposit.

Mineralnoun

(obsolete) A poisonous or dangerous substance.

Mineraladjective

of, related to, or containing minerals

Mineralnoun

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.

Mineralnoun

A mine.

Mineralnoun

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

Mineraladjective

Of or pertaining to minerals; consisting of a mineral or of minerals; as, a mineral substance.

Mineraladjective

Impregnated with minerals; as, mineral waters.

Mineralnoun

solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition

Mineraladjective

relating to minerals;

Mineraladjective

of or containing or derived from minerals;

Mineraladjective

composed of matter other than plant or animal;

Mineral

In geology and mineralogy, a mineral or mineral species is, broadly speaking, a solid chemical compound with a fairly well-defined chemical composition and a specific crystal structure that occurs naturally in pure form.The geological definition of mineral normally excludes compounds that occur only in living beings. However some minerals are often biogenic (such as calcite) or are organic compounds in the sense of chemistry (such as mellite).

Orenoun

Rock that contains utilitarian materials; primarily a rock containing metals or gems which—at the time of the rock's evaluation and proposal for extraction—are able to be separated from its neighboring minerals and processed at a cost that does not exceed those materials' present-day economic values.

Orenoun

Honor; grace; favor; mercy; clemency; happy augury.

Orenoun

The native form of a metal, whether free and uncombined, as gold, copper, etc., or combined, as iron, lead, etc. Usually the ores contain the metals combined with oxygen, sulphur, arsenic, etc. (called mineralizers).

Orenoun

A native metal or its compound with the rock in which it occurs, after it has been picked over to throw out what is worthless.

Orenoun

Metal; as, the liquid ore.

Orenoun

a metal-bearing mineral valuable enough to be mined

Orenoun

a monetary subunit in Denmark and Norway and Sweden; 100 ore equal 1 krona

Ore

Ore is natural rock or sediment that contains one or more valuable minerals, typically containing metals, that can be mined, treated and sold at a profit. Ore is extracted from the earth through mining and treated or refined, often via smelting, to extract the valuable metals or minerals.