Geologists Make It Official: We’re Not in an ‘Anthropocene’ Epoch (www.nytimes.com)

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[-] merthyr1831@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Mineral => A naturally occurring inorganic solid

So yes it's a mineral, just not the dietary mineral we think of when we consider "vitamins and minerals" (though even then we kinda already absorb loads of it as we do other minerals)

[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I mean, plastic is organic. C-C bonds and all that. But there are recognized organic minerals.

[-] naeap@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 years ago

Thanks for the explanation!

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