Mineral mining

Mineral mining

The extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth for economic interests.

Industry: Mining

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metatorbernite

Mining; General mining

A tetragonal mineral, Cu(UO 2 ) 2 (PO 4 ) 2 .8H 2 O ; meta-autunite group; strongly radioactive; emerald to apple green; occurs in granite pegmatites. Compare: torbernite

paramelaconite

Mining; General mining

A tetragonal mineral, Cu + 2 Cu 2+ 2 O 3 ; purplish black; at Bisbee, AZ.

luzonite

Mining; General mining

A tetragonal mineral, Cu 3 AsS 4 ; stannite group; dimorphous with enargite. Formerly considered an arsenian variety of famatinite.

famatinite

Mining; General mining

A tetragonal mineral, Cu 3 SbS 4 ; stannite group; occurs with enargite, tetrahedritetennantite, chalcopyrite, and covellite in copper ores worldwide, notably at Mankayan, Luzon, Philippines; ...