The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word FELDSPAR
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More clues leading to the result FELDSPAR
- Mineral brought down, said Pole
- Fear LSD trip finally unhinged rock band?
- Mineral I extracted from ground needs box
- Fine cultured pearls with diamonds set in crystal
- Mineral I removed from ground glittered, not half
- Rock standard covered by learner besieged by agents
- Mineral left with diamonds in iron box
- Stops current leaking out with standard mineral
- Fight over land, one’s taken away mineral
- Mineral one removed from green box
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The straight part
We know that "mineral" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case mineral = feldspar.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does FELDSPAR mean?
FELDSPAR noun- Any of a large group of rock-forming minerals that, together, make up about 60% of the earth's outer crust. The feldspars are all aluminum silicates of the alkali metals sodium, potassium, calcium and barium. Feldspars are the principal constituents of igneous and plutonic rocks.