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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 ...
A phenomenon, associated with the transformation of gamma iron to alpha iron on the cooling (supercooling) of iron or steel, revealed by the brightening (reglowing) of the metal surface owing to the sudden increase in temperature caused by fast liberation of the latent heat of transformation.
Industry:Mining
A phenomenon, observed in igneous rocks, in which different minerals crystallize in concentric layers, giving rise to orbicular structure.
Industry:Mining
A phosphoriferous variety of chrysocolla from Nijni Tagilks, Perm, Russia.
Industry:Mining
A photograph taken from an aircraft for purposes of aerial mapping or aerial geophysical prospecting; special cameras and techniques are employed.
Industry:Mining
A photographic enlargement of a microscopic image such as a petrologic thin section; a type of micrograph. Less-preferred syn: microphotograph.
Industry:Mining
A photometer consisting of a rod standing vertically in front of a white screen on which are cast shadows of it by the two light sources whose intensities are to be compared. When the shadows are of equal darkness the ratio of the intensities of the sources equals the square of the ratio of their distances from the screen.
Industry:Mining
