Serrabrancaite vs. Mineral

(mineral) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and phosphorus.

Serrabrancaite is a mineral with the chemical formula MnPO4•H2O and which is named for the locality where it was found, the Alto Serra Branca Pegmatite. The Alto Serra Branca mine has been in operation since the 1940s.

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

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

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

(British) Mineral water.

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

(obsolete) A mine or mineral deposit.

(obsolete) A poisonous or dangerous substance.

of, related to, or containing minerals

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.

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

relating to minerals;

Example: ‘mineral elements’; ‘mineral deposits’;

of or containing or derived from minerals;

Example: ‘a mineral deposit’; ‘mineral water’; ‘decaying vegetable matter’;

composed of matter other than plant or animal;

Example: ‘the inorganic mineral world’;

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).