Sentence examples for minerals only from inspiring English sources

Of these minerals, only gold has been mined intensively.

Because of its reactivity, it is extracted from minerals only with difficulty.

Among the molybdate and tungstate minerals, only the powellite-scheelite series (calcium-bearing molybdate/tungstates) and wulfenite (lead molybdate) are noteworthy.

They differ from the pyrite group minerals only because the S2 groups are replaced by AsS or SbS and are distinguishable because they are not as hard.

In most common types, water is present in minerals only of the mica and amphibole families, and, with their water contents of only about 1 to 3 percent, dehydration is nearing its metamorphic climax.

"Clay minerals only tend to form at a more neutral pH.

Dock is packed with vitamins and minerals, but only a starving person would think of eating the leathery leaves.

The Guiana Shield is rich in minerals, but only bauxite is exploited on a large scale by Guyana and Suriname.

Vanadinite is an uncommon mineral, only occurring as the result of chemical alterations to a pre-existing material.

Leafy vegetables are good sources of not only minerals but also vitamins, antioxidants and pigments.

Minerals, in particular, are so hot that Dallas-based Heritage Auction Galleries created a new department for them in March and plans to hold two mineral-only auctions per year.