<span class="searchmatch">and</span> a or <span class="searchmatch">c</span> in the second. Most mineralogists use the second setting <span class="searchmatch">and</span> designate the clinoaxis a. clinochlore A monoclinic <span class="searchmatch">mineral</span>, 2[(Mg,Fe) (sub <span class="searchmatch">5</span>)...
Following is a list <span class="searchmatch">of</span> <span class="searchmatch">terms</span> contained in the former U.S. Bureau <span class="searchmatch">of</span> Mines <span class="searchmatch">Dictionary</span> <span class="searchmatch">of</span> <span class="searchmatch">Mining</span>, <span class="searchmatch">Mineral</span>, <span class="searchmatch">and</span> <span class="searchmatch">Related</span> <span class="searchmatch">Terms</span>, a publication in the public...
portion <span class="searchmatch">of</span> the public <span class="searchmatch">mineral</span> lands that a miner, for <span class="searchmatch">mining</span> purposes, takes hold <span class="searchmatch">of</span> <span class="searchmatch">and</span> possesses in accordance with <span class="searchmatch">mining</span> laws. b. A <span class="searchmatch">mining</span> claim is...
tetragonal <span class="searchmatch">mineral</span>, Na (sub <span class="searchmatch">5</span>) Al (sub 3) F (sub 14) ; massive; granular; occurs with cryolite. chip a. Small fragment <span class="searchmatch">of</span> a diamond, usually thin <span class="searchmatch">and</span> tabular...
<span class="searchmatch">5</span> degrees <span class="searchmatch">C</span>); insoluble in acids <span class="searchmatch">and</span> in aqua regia; <span class="searchmatch">and</span> soluble in hydrofluoric acid plus nitric acid. Syn: molybdenum silicide. molybdenum <span class="searchmatch">mineral</span> Most...
limestones, such as in the Tri-State <span class="searchmatch">mining</span> district <span class="searchmatch">of</span> the Mississippi Valley. chervetite A monoclinic <span class="searchmatch">mineral</span>, Pb (sub 2) V (sub 2) O (sub 7) ; occurs...
transition limestone (Mexico); a <span class="searchmatch">mineral</span> vein recently discovered, or a bank composed <span class="searchmatch">of</span> clay, sand, <span class="searchmatch">and</span> gravel in placer <span class="searchmatch">mining</span> (Colombia). The term has been...
orthorhombic <span class="searchmatch">mineral</span>, Sb (sub 2) S (sub 3) ; dimorphous with metastibnite; soft; metallic; may contain gold <span class="searchmatch">and</span> silver; occurs in massive forms <span class="searchmatch">and</span> in vertically...
contain a sufficient tonnage <span class="searchmatch">of</span> amenable valuable <span class="searchmatch">mineral</span> to justify the <span class="searchmatch">mining</span> enterprise. The British Institution <span class="searchmatch">of</span> <span class="searchmatch">Mining</span> <span class="searchmatch">and</span> Metallurgy, which regulates...
plants, <span class="searchmatch">and</span> post-<span class="searchmatch">mining</span> areas. b. The area in which active <span class="searchmatch">mining</span> takes place relative also to extraction <span class="searchmatch">of</span> metal ores, industrial <span class="searchmatch">minerals</span>, <span class="searchmatch">and</span> other...