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Mineral mining
The extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth for economic interests.
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Mineral mining
iserine
Mining; General mining
A tetragonal mineral, (Ti,Nb,Fe) 3 O 6 ; forms a series with strueverite in which tantalum substitutes for niobium; black; sp gr, 5.14.
leucite
Mining; General mining
A tetragonal mineral, 16(KAlSi 2 O 6 ) ; a pseudocubic feldspathoid; forms white to gray trapezohedra in potassium-rich, silica-poor lavas.
amphigene
Mining; General mining
A tetragonal mineral, 16(KAlSi 2 O 6 ) ; a pseudocubic feldspathoid; forms white to gray trapezohedra in potassium-rich, silica-poor lavas.
grenatite
Mining; General mining
A tetragonal mineral, 16(KAlSi 2 O 6 ) ; a pseudocubic feldspathoid; forms white to gray trapezohedra in potassium-rich, silica-poor lavas.
white garnet
Mining; General mining
A tetragonal mineral, 16(KAlSi 2 O 6 ) ; a pseudocubic feldspathoid; forms white to gray trapezohedra in potassium-rich, silica-poor lavas.
vesuvian
Mining; General mining
A tetragonal mineral, 16(KAlSi 2 O 6 ) ; a pseudocubic feldspathoid; forms white to gray trapezohedra in potassium-rich, silica-poor lavas.
calomel
Mining; General mining
A tetragonal mineral, 2(Hg 2 Cl 2 ) ; a secondary alteration of mercury-bearing minerals.
