| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Industrial minerals | Industrial minerals are geological materials which are mined for their commercial value, which are not fuel (fuel minerals or mineral fuels) and are not sources of metals (metallic minerals). (references) | ||
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| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Industrial minerals | Environment | Rock and minerals that are not produced as sources of metals and are not mineral fuels. Examples include salt, gravels, building materials, talc, and sands. (references) | |
| Industrial minerals | Mining | Rocks and minerals not produced as sources of the metals, but excluding mineral fuels. See also: non-metallic minerals. (references) | |
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