Send us a Message



Submit Data |  Help |  Video Tutorials |  News |  Publications |  Download |  REST API |  Citing RGD |  Contact   

Ontology Browser

Term:
Parent Terms Term With Siblings Child Terms
chemical substance +     
biogenic substance +  
mineral +   
In general, a mineral is a chemical substance that is normally crystalline formed and has been formed as a result of geological processes. The term also includes metamict substances (naturally occurring, formerly crystalline substances whose crystallinity has been destroyed by ionising radiation) and can include naturally occurring amorphous substances that have never been crystalline ('mineraloids') such as georgite and calciouranoite as well as substances formed by the action of geological processes on bigenic compounds ('biogenic minerals').
mixture +   
pure substance 
wax +  

Synonyms
Related Synonyms: Minerale ;   minerales ;   minerals ;   mineraux
Xrefs: Wikipedia:Mineral

paths to the root