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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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arsenolite
Geology; Minerals
Arsenolite is an arsenic mineral, chemical formula As 2 O 3 . It is formed as an oxidation product of arsenic sulfides. Commonly found as small octahedra it is white, but ...
bastnäsite
Geology; Minerals
The mineral bastnäsite (or bastnaesite) is one of a family of three carbonate-fluoride minerals, which includes bastnäsite-(Ce) with a formula of (Ce, La)CO 3 F, bastnäsite-(La) ...
bonaccordite
Geology; Minerals
Bonaccordite is a rare mineral discovered in 1974. Its chemical formula is Ni 2 FeBO 5 and it is a mineral of the ludwigite group. It usually crystallizes in long, cylindrical ...
clathrate compound
Geology; Minerals
A clathrate is a chemical substance consisting of a lattice that traps or contains molecules. The word clathrate is derived from the Latin clatratus meaning with bars or a ...
cordierite
Geology; Minerals
Cordierite (mineralogy) or iolite (gemology) is a magnesium iron aluminium cyclosilicate. Iron is almost always present and a solid solution exists between Mg-rich cordierite and ...
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