Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Mineral \Min"er*al\, n. [F. min['e]ral, LL. minerale, fr. minera
   mine. See {Mine}, v. i.]
   1. An inorganic species or substance occurring in nature,
      having a definite chemical composition and usually a
      distinct crystalline form. Rocks, except certain glassy
      igneous forms, are either simple minerals or aggregates of
      minerals.

   2. A mine. [Obs.] --Shak.

   3. Anything which is neither animal nor vegetable, as in the
      most general classification of things into three kingdoms
      (animal, vegetable, and mineral).

Mineral \Min"er*al\, a.
   1. Of or pertaining to minerals; consisting of a mineral or
      of minerals; as, a mineral substance.

   2. Impregnated with minerals; as, mineral waters.

   {Mineral acids} (Chem.), inorganic acids, as sulphuric,
      nitric, phosphoric, hydrochloric, acids, etc., as
      distinguished from the {organic acids}.

   {Mineral blue}, the name usually given to azurite, when
      reduced to an impalpable powder for coloring purposes.

   {Mineral candle}, a candle made of paraffine.

   {Mineral caoutchouc}, an elastic mineral pitch, a variety of
      bitumen, resembling caoutchouc in elasticity and softness.
      See {Caoutchouc}, and {Elaterite}.

   {Mineral chameleon} (Chem.) See {Chameleon mineral}, under
      {Chameleon}.

   {Mineral charcoal}. See under {Charcoal}.

   {Mineral cotton}. See {Mineral wool} (below).

   {Mineral green}, a green carbonate of copper; malachite.

   {Mineral kingdom} (Nat. Sci.), that one of the three grand
      divisions of nature which embraces all inorganic objects,
      as distinguished from plants or animals.

   {Mineral oil}. See {Naphtha}, and {Petroleum}.

   {Mineral paint}, a pigment made chiefly of some natural
      mineral substance, as red or yellow iron ocher.

   {Mineral patch}. See {Bitumen}, and {Asphalt}.

   {Mineral right}, the right of taking minerals from land.

   {Mineral salt} (Chem.), a salt of a mineral acid.

   {Mineral tallow}, a familiar name for {hatchettite}, from its
      fatty or spermaceti-like appearance.

   {Mineral water}. See under {Water}.

   {Mineral wax}. See {Ozocerite}.

   {Mineral wool}, a fibrous wool-like material, made by blowing
      a powerful jet of air or steam through melted slag. It is
      a poor conductor of heat.

Source : WordNet®

mineral
     adj 1: relating to minerals; "mineral elements"; "mineral deposits"
     2: of or containing or derived from minerals; "a mineral
        deposit"; "mineral water" [ant: {animal}, {vegetable}]
     3: composed of matter other than plant or animal; "the
        inorganic mineral world"

mineral
     n : solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature
         having a definite chemical composition