native mineral

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A native mineral paraffine, known as ozocerite, is mined in Utah and Galicia; it is used as an insulating material.

From Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges by Redway, Jacques W. (Jacques Wardlaw)

One instance may be cited to show how necessary it is that the native mineral oils which have been discovered should have this effectual test applied to them.

From The Story of a Piece of Coal What It Is, Whence It Comes, and Whither It Goes by Martin, Edward A.

SULPHUR.—This is an important constituent in certain native mineral waters.

From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson

A long war shut out our idlers from the Continent, and created an additional demand for our native mineral produce. 

From Rides on Railways by Sidney, Samuel

These were five long notched wands, some tail feathers of the wild turkey, some small downy feathers of the eagle, and some native mineral pigments—yellow ocher, a ferruginous black, and a native blue.

From The Mountain Chant, A Navajo Ceremony Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1883-84, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1887, pages 379-468 by Matthews, Washington