Sentence examples for mineral form from inspiring English sources

Magnesia brick is made from periclase, the mineral form of magnesia (MgO).

He called the new compound Carborundum because the natural mineral form of alumina is called corundum.

As evidence, he points to the oxidised mineral form of the element molybdenum, thought to be a catalyst that helped organic molecules develop into the first living structures.

The doorman (a hilariously deadpan Michael Willis) brings a small comfort in mineral form: a bucket of hot rocks that Od dumps into the bed, warming the spot where his wife used to be.

But they were not the negation of his dancing and delighted fashion photographs, as critics sometimes thought: the portraits were the solid, mineral form of what was, in the fashion pictures, pure liquid.

"The whole notion of adding an amendment to the soil to change the mineral form of a contaminant and make it safe is great," said Sally Brown, a research professor in ecology and environment at the University of Washington.

Collectively, these secondary mineral forms are known as speleothems.

Zircon is a durable mineral formed from the force of the giant tsunamis crashing ashore.

When deposited, this mineral forms a hard, calcareous cement known as caliche.

Litharge, also called Lithargite, one of two mineral forms of lead II) oxide (PbO).

Aragonite and calcite, mineral forms of CaCO3, were the first polymorphs described in the history of chemistry.