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Mineral

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Dilithium crystals from a starship's warp core
Dilithium crystals from a starship's warp core

Minerals are natural inorganic solid compounds with a regularly ordered crystal structure. (TNG: "Silicon Avatar") Rock is a naturally occurring solid substance composed of minerals. (TNG: "Thine Own Self") All mineral names, with only a few exceptions, end with the suffix -ite or -ine. Mining is the process of extracting minerals from objects like planets and asteroids. (DS9: "Chimera") Furthermore, several planets are sources of minerals in the Federation including: Earth, Janus VI, Ardana, Capella IV, Coridan and Elas. (TOS: "Journey to Babel", "Elaan of Troyius")

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[edit] Notable minerals

[edit] Mineral life

Some lifeforms were based in minerals, such as:

Crystalline entity, Excalbian, Horta, microbrain, silicon-based lifeform and Tholians

[edit] Mineral list

Antimonium, Argonite, Astatine, Baakonite, Bakrinium, Beresium, Bernicium, Bilitrium, Bitrium, Boronite, Chrondite, Cormaline, Deuridium, Feldomite, Fistrium, Fortanium, Hytritium, Jakmanite, Jevonite, Kelbonite, Ladarium, Murinite, Neutronium, Nitrium, Noranium, Paralithium, Pergium, Riddinite, Ryetalyn, Silithium, Styrolite, Talgonite, Tekasite, Tellerium, Thalmerite, Topaline, Trellium, Triadium, Tricyanate, Trimagnesite, Tritanium, Uridium, Vendarite, Verterium, Zenite

[edit] See also

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