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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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thomsonite
Geology; Minerals
Thomsonite is the name of a series of tecto-silicate minerals of the zeolite group. Prior to 1997, thomsonite was recognized as a mineral species, but a reclassification in 1997 ...
fluorapatite
Geology; Minerals
Fluorapatite, often with the alternate spelling of fluoroapatite, is a mineral with the formula Ca 5 (PO 4 ) 3 F (calcium fluorophosphate). Fluorapatite is a hard crystalline ...
clinohumite
Geology; Minerals
Clinohumite is an uncommon member of the humite group, a magnesium silicate according to the chemical formula (Mg,Fe) 9 (SiO 4 ) 4 (F,OH) 2 . The formula can be thought of as four ...
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