mineralinen
Mineralinen is a Finnish adjective used to describe something that relates to minerals. In standard Finnish, the corresponding noun is mineraali, and the standard adjective is mineraalinen. The form mineralinen is uncommon and generally considered nonstandard; it may appear in older texts, dialectal usage, or in multilingual contexts.
Etymology and spelling: The term derives from mineraali (mineral) with the attributive suffix -nen, following Finnish
Usage and scope: In geology, soil science and related disciplines, mineralinen refers to inorganic constituents or
Notes: Because the standard form is mineraalinen, the variant mineralinen is often avoided in formal texts.
See also: mineraali; mineraalinen (in proper Finnish usage); mineraalipitoinen; mineraalipitoisuus.