The Chronical'ers Journal part 2
Canaria is a very flat land but rich in minerals. the twin duchys are striving to be united but both brothers are too stubborn to admit to one anothers laws and rules and culture.
As I Lay Drowning (Abridged)
Shouted the flustered brother, jumping around side by side by the beach's shore with his claws being filled with sand and other minerals. the panicked wolfdog flicked his ears back, dipping his paw in the water. "i-i can't!!!"
Lost and Found
A petrified tree stood just yards ahead and kiaki approached it, lifting her front paw to scratch at its mineralized exterior.
Cassandra, Naomi and Ruby 3 - The Blacksmith and the Metal
In fables it is known as the hardest mineral in the lands, strong enough to rival the diamonds of the rich earth but easily worked like steel. it was truly the blacksmith's godsend. the reserves ran dry centuries ago.
LINKS - Chapter 14 - Haven Amidst Poison
"let me tell you, boy, the minerals harvested from just one of these pools could double the yield of your crops for the next thirty years." "indeed, but we must be cautious," rayes warned.
The Crafty Professor
"anyways the miners corps have requested both of you to assist them in studying these crystals" explained colonel john. "but why us? we're just professors not top grade scientists" said silva.
Three Types of Shuman
English buffs might recognize my inspiration from miner's "body ritual among the nacirema" (https://www.msu.edu/~jdowell/miner.html). i wrote this while i was working with the monterey bay aquarium's river otters.
The Warring World
One of the few fortresses in the world, the ardenta were made rich by the mineral deposits in the rocks that permeate the surrounding land, a rare commodity in the world. they ruled with a strong paw.
Life in the Facilities
Businesses, and even entire artificial parks, complete with wildlife and flora and an a holographic sky and sunlight provided by specialized uv emitters, the same method used for growing much of the facilities crop harvests as well as drawing nutrients from the mineral
Blood Rose-12
They landed in a shallow pool of warm mineral filled water and she shivered. there was a small breeze throughout the whole high ceilinged cavern. she paused and took in her surroundings. the cavern would more than do for their purposes.
Science for the Sci-fi Writer: Dark Matter
This dark matter somehow imparts a sort of cloaking field to the planet, rendering it invisible, and can do the same when the mineral is used in the construction of spacecraft, which bands of space pirates use to great effect.
Tails of the night (Part 3)
The tales say that furry blood has a mineral in it that makes the drinker life forever, if takes regularly.