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• Mercury (element)
  ...ce]]s and result in Hg·Ne, Hg·Ar, Hg·Kr, and Hg·Xe (see [[exciplex]]). Organic mercury [[chemical compound|compounds]] are also important. [[Methylmercury {{See also|:Category:Mercury minerals|:Category:Mercury mines}}
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• Magnesium sulfate
  Magnesium sulfates are common minerals in geological environments. Their occurrence is mostly connected with [[sup ...in organic synthesis due to its affinity for water. During [[work-up]], an organic phase is saturated with magnesium sulfate until it no longer forms clumps.
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• Propædia
  ...osition&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;Earth’s&nbsp;Interior]] '''2.1.4'''&nbsp;[[Minerals]]&nbsp;and&nbsp;[[Rocks]] || rowspan="4" align="center" | [[Peter John Wyll ...asis]]<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;of&nbsp;Life || '''3.2.1'''&nbsp;[[Organic chemistry|Chemicals&nbsp;and&nbsp;the&nbsp;Vital&nbsp;Processes]] '''3.2.2'
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• Layered double hydroxides
  ...alation of agrochemicals, such as the chlorophenoxyacetates, and important organic [[synthon]]s, such as terephthalate and nitrophenols. Agrochemical intercal [[Category:Minerals]]
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• Gemstone
  ...considered to be gemstones as well. Most gemstones are hard, but some soft minerals are used in jewelry because of their [[Lustre (mineralogy)|lustre]] or othe [[Category:Minerals|*]]
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• Rock (geology)
  ...tary rock]]s are formed by deposition of either [[clastic]] [[sediment]]s, organic [[matter]], or chemical precipitates ([[evaporite]]s), followed by compacti ...nal minerals into other mineral types or else into other forms of the same minerals (e.g. by [[Recrystallization (geology)|recrystallisation]]).<ref name=Blatt
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• Factors of polymer weathering
  ...n acknowledged as it is a natural and universal phenomenon (metals, glass, minerals and other inorganic materials age as well). Among the environmental paramet ...man D, and Ketola WD (Eds.), Accelerated and Outdoor Durability Testing of Organic Materials, ASTM International, Material Park, 1994, 88-111</ref> The destru
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• Petroleum
  ...plex mixture of [[hydrocarbon]]s of various molecular weights, and other [[organic compound]]s, that are found in [[Formation (stratigraphy)|geologic formatio ...]s, [[cycloalkane]]s and various [[aromatic hydrocarbon]]s while the other organic compounds contain [[nitrogen]], [[oxygen]] and [[sulfur]], and trace amount
  69 KB (9,885 words) - 09:12, 20 September 2010
• Ruthenium
  {{See also|category:Ruthenium minerals}} ...}}</ref><ref name="USGS-CS-2008">{{cite web|url = http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/platinum/mcs-2008-plati.pdf |publisher = United States Geolo
  39 KB (5,430 words) - 09:13, 20 September 2010
• Toxic metal
  ...]ous soluble compounds and have no biological role, i.e. are not essential minerals, or are in the wrong form<ref>[http://www.dartmouth.edu/~toxmetal/TX.shtml Decontamination for toxic metals is different from organic toxins: because toxic metals are elements, they cannot be destroyed. Toxic
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• Coffea
  ...used to reduce [[acid]]ity in the soil, which can occur due to run off of minerals from the soil in mountainous areas.<ref>[http://www.ineedcoffee.com/04/lime ...are odorless but have a bitter taste in water, which however is masked by organic acids present in green coffee.
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• Dust
  ...man and animal hairs, [[textiles|textile fibers]], [[paper|paper fibres]], minerals from outdoor soil, and many other materials which may be found in the local ...rs of bedding, furniture, and carpets. They excrete enzymes to digest the organic particles, and excrete feces, that together become part of the house dust,
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• Bead
  Beads are still made from many naturally-occurring materials, both organic (i.e., of [[animal]]- or [[plant]]-based origin) and inorganic (purely [[mi ...m far more common. [[Amber]] and [[jet (lignite)|jet]] are also of natural organic origin, although both materials have undergone partial geologic [[fossil]]i
  12 KB (1,784 words) - 09:18, 20 September 2010
• Dimension stone
  The most easily-accessible general (non-graphic) references are the latest Minerals Yearbook Chapter (production and foreign trade, with statistics), and the l ...or quartzite).<ref>L. Mead and G.S. Austin "Dimension Stone", ''Industrial Minerals and Rocks'', 7th Edition, Littleton CO: AIME-Society of Mining Engineers, 2
  34 KB (5,137 words) - 09:21, 20 September 2010
• Sandstone
  ...th); [[Lithic_Fragment_(geology)|lithic]] fragments are also common. Other minerals may be found in particularly immature sandstone. ...mposed of [[quartz]] and/or [[feldspar]] because these are the most common minerals in the Earth's [[crust (geology)|crust]]. Like sand, sandstone may be any c
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• Concrete
  ...d States Geographic Service]]|date=2007-06-01|url=http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/cement/index.html|accessdate=2008-01-16}}<!--Computed by tak ...rvatives, special coatings or sealers. Concrete can be easily cleaned with organic, non-toxic substances. Its sound insulating properties make buildings and h
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• Iron
  {{See also cat|Iron minerals}} ...t of the iron in the crust is found combined with oxygen as [[iron oxide]] minerals such as [[hematite]] and [[magnetite]]. Large deposits of iron are found in
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• Trifluralin
  .... This has been linked to transformation of the herbicide by reduced soil minerals, which in turn had been previously reduced by soil microorganisms as electr {{organic-compound-stub}}
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• Manganese
  ...ate|free element]] in nature (often in combination with iron), and in many minerals. As a free element, manganese is a metal with important industrial metal al ...pounds relative to other oxidation states of manganese.<ref>'''Descriptive Organic Chemistry''' Geoffrey Rayner-Canham, Tina Overton, Macmillan, 2003. p. 491<
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• Asbestos
  ...ble" or "inextinguishable") is a set of six naturally occurring [[silicate minerals]] exploited commercially for their desirable physical properties. They all Six minerals are defined by the [[United States Environmental Protection Agency]] as "as
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