Following is a list of terms contained in the former U.S. Bureau of Mines Dictionary of Mining, Mineral, and Related Terms, a publication in the public...
contain a sufficient tonnage of amenable valuable mineral to justify the mining enterprise. The British Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, which regulates...
nonmetal nonmetallic nonmetallic armor nonmetallic mineral nonmetallic minerals non-metallic minerals non-Newtonian flow nonnitroglycerin explosive nonpareil...
mixture of strontianite and calcite. mica a. A group of phyllosilicate minerals having the general composition, X (sub 2) Y (sub 4-6) Z (sub 8) O (sub 20)...
trigonal mineral, CdCO (sub 3) ; calcite group; associated with oxidized base-metal ores. other rock in place As used in the Mining Law of 1872, means...
temperature mining mining advancing mining camp mining captain mining case mining claim mining compass mining dial mining disaster mining disease mining district...
monoclinic mineral, FeSO (sub 4) .7H (sub 2) O ; green; tastes slightly sweet, astringent, and metallic; from the decomposition of pyrite. b. The mineral group...
A salt or ester of xanthic acid made of an alcohol, carbon disulfide, and an alkali. xanthiosite A monoclinic mineral, Ni (sub 3) (AsO (sub 4) ) (sub 2) ;...
electrolysis. See also: Elsner's equation. macedonite a. A tetragonal mineral, PbTiO (sub 3) ; black; in irregular grains in quartz-syenite veins near Prilep...
and silicon carbide. artinite A snow-white monoclinic mineral, Mg (sub 2) (CO (sub 3) )(OH) (sub 2) .3H (sub 2) O . asbestiform Said of a mineral that...