mineral specimen

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mineral
noun
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/ˈmɪn.ər.əl/us
/ˈmɪn.ər.əl/
a valuable or useful chemical substance that is formed naturally in ...
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specimen
adjective[before noun]
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/ˈspes.ə.mɪn/us
/ˈspes.ə.mɪn/
used to refer to something that is an example of a particular ...
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(Definition ofmineralandspecimenfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Uvite has no use, but is commonly found inmineralspecimencollections.
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They are a raremineralspecimen.
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For many years the sale of mineral specimens from the mine was forbidden, as tungsten was a strategic mineral.
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Besides plants, they were to collect animal and mineral specimens.
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The area across from these shops was used to display sand roses, mineral specimens, of all sizes and shapes.
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Consequently, he created large collections of mineral specimens of a quality still admired to this day.
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He had a notable collection of mineral specimens.
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The mine is famous to geologists for its important mineral specimens such as mimetite and pyromorphite.
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Animals and mineral specimens are also on display.
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Visitors are allowed to collect mineral specimens in several areas of the former mine's tailings.
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The new museum location is larger than its current location and will offer more space to display mineral specimens.
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The collection of 7331 mineral specimens was divided into five separate parts: 1.
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Opaque projectors are typically used to project images of book pages, drawings, mineral specimens, leaves, etc.
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In addition, wealthy patrons began to underwrite the collection of animal and mineral specimens, creating extensive cabinets of curiosities.
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Grandview produced exceptionally fine mineral specimens of cyanotrichite, brochantite, chalcoalumite, and many other copper and uranium minerals.
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The displays include gems and mineral specimens, mining, the origins of gems and how they are cut and graded, precious metals and manufacturing procedures of gold, platinum and silver jewelries.
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It is possible to find mineral specimens in the spoil heaps of the old mine, such as chalcopyrite, pyrite, bornite, malachite, dolomite, hessite, merenskyite, millerite, palladium, quartz and others.
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There are several display cases with mineral specimens, including a touchable meteorite, large mineral crystals from around the world and minerals that glow in black light.
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The clubs also promote and facilitate healthy outdoor activities in the form of field trips to various fossicking locations for the purpose of collecting gemstones or mineral specimens.
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Prospecting is the first stage of the territory geological analysis (second - exploration): physical search for minerals, fossils, precious metals or mineral specimens, and is also known as fossicking.
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