minette
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Dated The smallest of regular sizes of portrait photographs.
- The title page bears a minette portrait of the Duke being crowned by the hand of an ideal figure of Chicago, and below are the coat-of-arms and motto of the Duke's house.1893, Columbian Exposition Dedication Ceremonies Memorial:
- […] there were hundreds of other sizes of photographic prints ranging from a minette novelty to mammoth views.1981, Lou W. McCulloch, Card Photographs: A Guide to Their History and Value, page 161:
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Chemistry, Geography, Geology, Mineralogy, Natural sciences, Physical sciences A mineral deposit consisting of iron ore of sedimentary origin, found in the south of Luxembourg and in Lorraine.
- The minettes of Buell Mountain are felsic, and many contain ground-mass quartz.1977, Navajo Kimberlites and Minettes: