King, too, found a big mineral component, she said, like stones baking in the sun.

The mineral components of soil, sand, silt and clay, determine a soil's texture.

Due to its high specific surface area and its unbalanced negative charges, clay is the most active mineral component of soil.

Archaeologists use petrography to identify mineral components in pottery.

Quartz is commonly the dominant mineral component, and some mica is often present.

And many had a distinct mineral component as well, balancing the generous California fruitiness.

By breaking the rock down to its mineral components, you could pinpoint more precisely from where in the park it probably came.

No, to truly analyze a rock, you need to be able to look at its mineral components through a microscope.

Cigarettes also contain mineral components (hence the name "ash").

Extraction of the mineral components from the ash of the marc which would be the 'sal'.