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  • adjective Not mineral.
  • noun Any substance that is not a mineral.

Etymologies

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non- +‎ mineral

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Examples

  • In an arrangement printed in idea-order, though relegating the genera mineral, nonmetallic, metallic, nonmineral, vegetable, animal, to the mind unaided by printed words, the different species of the same genus may be kept together except that species for which no title has been provided must go back to the subclass under which the named species are indented.

    The Classification of Patents United States Patent Office

  • If, for example, it were desired to divide balls in the stated illustration according to material, an immediate division of balls into aluminum, zinc, glass, ivory, rubber, would be less useful than to divide into mineral materials and nonmineral materials as follows:

    The Classification of Patents United States Patent Office

  • Midwest Oil Company [398] it was ruled that the President had, by dint of repeated assertion of it from an early date, acquired the right to withdraw, via the Land Department, public lands, both mineral and nonmineral, from private acquisition, Congress having never repudiated the practice.

    The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 Edward Samuel Corwin 1920

  • Oklahoma are hereby declared to be agricultural lands, and proof of their nonmineral character shall not be required as a condition precedent to final entry.

    A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 9, part 1: Benjamin Harrison Benjamin Harrison 1867

  • United States shall not be abridged except as to the sum to be paid as aforesaid; and all the lands in Oklahoma are hereby declared to be agricultural lands, and proof of their nonmineral character shall not be required as a condition precedent to final entry.

    A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 9, part 1: Benjamin Harrison Benjamin Harrison 1867

  • "Nonvitamin, nonmineral natural products," including fish oil and herbal medicines, were the most commonly used alternatives, taken by almost 18 percent of Americans in 2007, the report said.

    Newsvine - Get Smarter Here 2009

  • "Nonvitamin, nonmineral natural products," including fish oil and herbal medicines, were the most commonly used alternatives, taken by almost 18 percent of Americans in 2007, the report said.

    Home - BostonHerald.com 2009

  • "Nonvitamin, nonmineral natural products," including fish oil and herbal medicines, were the most commonly used alternatives, taken by almost 18 percent of Americans in 2007, the report said.

    news | LL | http://www.theledger.com 2009

  • "Nonvitamin, nonmineral natural products," including fish oil and herbal medicines, were the most commonly used alternatives, taken by almost 18 percent of Americans in 2007, the report said.

    Temple Daily Telegram News Feed 2009

  • "Nonvitamin, nonmineral natural products," including fish oil and herbal medicines, were the most commonly used alternatives, taken by almost 18 percent of Americans in 2007, the report said.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009

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