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Mining
Of or pertaining to the process or business of extracting materials, such as ore or minerals, from the earth's crust.
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Mexican diamond
Geology; Minerals
Mexican diamond is a misleading term for rock crystal, and not a diamond at all.
mahogany obsidian
Geology; Minerals
Mahogany Obsidian (also called Apache tears) is brownish obsidian. This glassy, lustrous mineral is found in lava flows, and obsidian stones can be massive. Obsidian is formed ...
metatorbernite
Geology; Minerals
Metatorbernite (or meta-torbernite) is a radioactive phosphate mineral, and is a dehydration pseudomorph of torbernite. Chemically, it is a copper uranyl phosphate and usually ...
andersonite
Geology; Minerals
Andersonite, Andersonit or Andersonita (Na 2 CaUO 2 (CO 3 ) 3 •6H 2 O), or hydrated sodium calcium uranyl carbonate is a rare uranium carbonate mineral that was only described in ...
metazeunerite
Geology; Minerals
Metazeunerite is an arsenate mineral with a chemical formula of Cu(UO 2 ) 2 (AsO 4 ) 2 ·8H 2 O. The origin of this mineral comes from the dehydration process that metazeunerite ...
sal ammoniac
Geology; Minerals
Sal ammoniac is a rare mineral composed of ammonium chloride, NH 4 Cl. It forms colorless to white to yellow-brown crystals in the isometric-hexoctahedral class. It has very poor ...
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