senaite A trigonal <span class="searchmatch">mineral</span>, Pb(Ti,Fe,Mn) (sub 21) O (sub 38) ; crichtonite group; black; forms rounded crystals <span class="searchmatch">and</span> grains in diamond-bearing sands. senarmontite...
Following is a list <span class="searchmatch">of</span> <span class="searchmatch">terms</span> contained in the former U.<span class="searchmatch">S</span>. 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...
miargyrite A monoclinic <span class="searchmatch">mineral</span>, AgSb<span class="searchmatch">S</span> (sub 2) ; soft; metallic; in low-temperature hydrothermal veins; an ore <span class="searchmatch">of</span> silver. miarolite A granite having miarolitic...
water due to the presence <span class="searchmatch">of</span> SO (sub <span class="searchmatch">4</span>) ions. Aragon spar Former name for aragonite. aramayoite A triclinic <span class="searchmatch">mineral</span>, Ag(Sb,Bi)<span class="searchmatch">S</span> (sub 2) ; iron black with...
chigura A timber used in making a crib. childrenite A monoclinic <span class="searchmatch">mineral</span>, FeAl(PO (sub <span class="searchmatch">4</span>) )(OH) (sub 2) .H (sub 2) O ; forms a series with eosphorite. Chilean...
orthorhombic <span class="searchmatch">mineral</span>, Sb (sub 2) <span class="searchmatch">S</span> (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...
monoclinic <span class="searchmatch">mineral</span>, FeSO (sub <span class="searchmatch">4</span>) .7H (sub 2) O ; green; tastes slightly sweet, astringent, <span class="searchmatch">and</span> metallic; from the decomposition <span class="searchmatch">of</span> pyrite. b. The <span class="searchmatch">mineral</span> group...
formerly as pit coal or earth coal. c. U.<span class="searchmatch">S</span>. Rare. Soft coal as distinguished from anthracite. d. Archaic. <span class="searchmatch">Mineral</span> coal. e. Pulverized bituminous coal used...
<span class="searchmatch">mining</span> term for the mixtures <span class="searchmatch">of</span> sylvite <span class="searchmatch">and</span> halite occurring in the Prussian salt deposits; mined as potassium ore. sylvite An isometric <span class="searchmatch">mineral</span>, <span class="searchmatch">4</span>[KCl] ;...
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...