Islands having a full range of minerals? (6)
I believe the answer is:
azores
'islands' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'a full range of minerals?' is the wordplay.
'a full range of' becomes 'az' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'minerals?' becomes 'ores' (ore is a kind of mineral).
'az'+'ores'='AZORES'
'having' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for azores that I've seen before include "Group of Portuguese volcanic islands in N Atlantic" , "isolated set" , "Atlantic islands belonging to Portugal" , "Group of islands in the middle of the north Atlantic" , "Islands in the Atlantic Ocean" .)