In many marine creatures, however, the skeleton is composed of a mineral variety of calcium carbonate called aragonite.(然而，很多海洋生物的骨骼由一种叫作霰石的碳酸钙矿物变体组成。)
The rock is rich in mineral salts.(这种岩石富含矿物盐。)
Water in the vadose zone drains down to the water table, leaving behind a thin coating of water on mineral grains.(包气带中的水会沉降到地下水位，只在矿物颗粒表面留下一层薄薄的水膜。)
Part of a healthy diet is drinking at least 2 liters of pure (ideally alkaline) mineral water every day.(健康膳食的其中一个组成部分是每天至少喝2升纯净（最好为碱性的）矿泉水。)
So-called serpentine soils, for example, are deficient in calcium, and only plants able to tolerate low levels of this mineral can survive.(例如，所谓的蛇形土壤缺乏钙，只有对低水平的这种矿物质耐受的植物才能生存。)
We all know what these taste like, from tasting blood and mineral water.(我们都知道这些的味道，就像尝到和矿泉水的味道。)
Medicines are often made from herbs, plants, mineral water and organs from unfortunate animals.(药物经常是用草药、植物、矿物质水、以及可取的动物的器官制成。)
While mineral deficiencies can limit the growth of plants, an overabundance of certain minerals can be toxic and can also limit growth.(虽然缺乏矿物质会限制植物的生长，但某些过量的矿物质会使植物中毒，同样会限制植物的生长。)
This is mineral water from Tibet.(这是来自西藏的矿泉水。)
Several severe federal generals drank the mineral water on the miner's funeral.(好几个严厉的联邦将军在矿工的葬礼上喝了矿泉水。)
