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The U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM) was the primary United States Government agency conducting scientific research and disseminating information on the extraction, processing, use, and conservation of mineral resources.
Founded on May 16, 1910, through the Organic Act (Public Law 179), USBM's missions ...
An orthorhombic mineral, CaZn<sub>2</sub>(PO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>2</sub>.2H<sub>2</sub>O; dimorphous with parascholzite; colorless to white.
Industry:Mining
An orthorhombic mineral, Cu(IO<sub>3</sub>)(OH); forms blue-green crystals; in Chile.
Industry:Mining
An orthorhombic mineral, Cu(OH,Cl)<sub>2</sub>.2H<sub>2</sub>O ; in azure-blue spherules and sheaves of scales having good basal cleavage; at the Calumet Mine, Calumet, MI. Named from the locality. Compare: anthonyite
Industry:Mining
An orthorhombic mineral, Cu<sub>2</sub>(AsO<sub>4</sub>)(OH).3H<sub>2</sub>O ; vitreous; transparent to translucent; emerald or leek green; associated with azurite, malachite, or olivenite in the oxidation zones of copper deposits.
Industry:Mining
An orthorhombic mineral, Cu<sub>2</sub>(NO<sub>3</sub>)(OH)<sub>3</sub>; dark to emerald green; soft; occurs with atacamite, brochantite, malachite, and azurite in oxidized zones of copper deposits in arid and semiarid regions.
Industry:Mining
An orthorhombic mineral, Cu<sub>2</sub>(PO<sub>4</sub>)(OH) ; olive-green; forms small crystals and druses in copper deposits.
Industry:Mining
An orthorhombic mineral, Cu<sub>2</sub>AsO<sub>4</sub>(OH) ; adamantine to vitreous; a secondary mineral in copper deposits.
Industry:Mining
An orthorhombic mineral, Cu<sub>3</sub>(NO<sub>3</sub>)(OH)<sub>5</sub>.2H<sub>2</sub>O ; sky blue; at Likasi, Kutanga, Zaire.
Industry:Mining
An orthorhombic mineral, Cu<sub>3</sub>(PO<sub>4</sub>)(OH)<sub>3</sub>; occurs in peacock-blue minute crystals and encrustations in Katanga, Zaire, and Bwana M'Kubwa, Zambia.
Industry:Mining
An orthorhombic mineral, Cu<sub>3</sub>AsS<sub>4</sub>; dimorphous with luzonite, metallic gray-black; in vein and replacement copper deposits as small crystals or granular masses; an important ore of copper and arsenic; may contain up to 7% antimony; localities include Butte, MT; Chuquicamata, Chile; Cerro de Pasco, Colquijirca, Peru; Tsumeb, Namibia; and Bor, Serbia.
Industry:Mining
