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General mining
General mining related terms and definitions in minerals and related activities.
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emerald
Mining; General mining
A transparent, green form of the mineral beryl. It is valued as a gem and used as an ornament.
Black Economic Empowerment (BEE)
Mining; General mining
A strategy aimed at substantially increasing participation by HDP at all levels in the economy of South Africa. BEE is aimed at redressing the imbalances of the past caused by the Apartheid system in ...
Bushveld Igneous Complex,
Mining; General mining
Extending over 66,000 square kilometres, the Bushveld Igneous Complex is the world’s largest known deposit of platinum group metals (PGMs). The PGMs – namely platinum, palladium, rhodium, ruthenium, ...
oxide ore
Mining; General mining
Mineralized rock in which some of the original minerals, usually sulphide, have been oxidized. Oxidation tends to make the ore more porous and permits a more complete permeation of cyanide solutions ...
open-pit mine
Mining; General mining
An excavation for removing minerals which is open to the surface.
norite
Mining; General mining
A coarse-grained plutonic rock that is made up primarily from plagioclase feldspar (labradorite) with orthopyroxene (hypersthene) as the dominant mafic mineral.
pyroxenite
Mining; General mining
A medium or coarse-grained rock consisting essentially of pyroxene, a common rock-forming mineral.
