Mineral Information Institute
Encyclopedia
The Mineral Information Institute is an American
educational
institute
dedicated to teaching schoolchildren about mineral
s and mining
from the perspective of the mining industry. It sometimes influences the choice of textbooks., and it states that its web site and other resources are linked to or referenced by a number of textbook publishers.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
educational
Education
Education in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...
institute
Institute
An institute is a permanent organizational body created for a certain purpose. Often it is a research organization created to do research on specific topics...
dedicated to teaching schoolchildren about mineral
Mineral
A mineral is a naturally occurring solid chemical substance formed through biogeochemical processes, having characteristic chemical composition, highly ordered atomic structure, and specific physical properties. By comparison, a rock is an aggregate of minerals and/or mineraloids and does not...
s and mining
Mining
Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, from an ore body, vein or seam. The term also includes the removal of soil. Materials recovered by mining include base metals, precious metals, iron, uranium, coal, diamonds, limestone, oil shale, rock...
from the perspective of the mining industry. It sometimes influences the choice of textbooks., and it states that its web site and other resources are linked to or referenced by a number of textbook publishers.