mineral kingdom
Americannoun
noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of mineral kingdom
First recorded in 1685–95
Example Sentences
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The same sort of evolution happens in the mineral kingdom.
From Science Daily
It recognized Carl Linnaeus, who popularized the system of classifying living things and divided them into the animal, plant and mineral kingdoms.
From Seattle Times
“For the first time in this gallery, we are looking at life’s impact on the mineral kingdom.”
From New York Times
Museum of Economic Geology.—This small but interesting establishment, having an entrance in Jermyn Street, is a national museum for the exhibition of all such articles as belong to the mineral kingdom.
From Project Gutenberg
He exhibited in the principal towns quantities of gold dust, many quadrupeds, and gaily-coloured birds, then unknown in Europe, with numerous specimens of natural productions in the vegetable and mineral kingdoms.
From Project Gutenberg
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