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Mineral mining

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

Contributors in Mineral mining

Mineral mining

calomelite

Mining; General mining

A tetragonal mineral, 2(Hg 2 Cl 2 ) ; a secondary alteration of mercury-bearing minerals.

calomelano

Mining; General mining

A tetragonal mineral, 2(Hg 2 Cl 2 ) ; a secondary alteration of mercury-bearing minerals.

horn quicksilver

Mining; General mining

A tetragonal mineral, 2(Hg 2 Cl 2 ) ; a secondary alteration of mercury-bearing minerals.

mercurial horn ore

Mining; General mining

A tetragonal mineral, 2(Hg 2 Cl 2 ) ; a secondary alteration of mercury-bearing minerals.

matlockite

Mining; General mining

A tetragonal mineral, 2(PbFCl) ; basal cleavage; an alteration of galena or lead-bearing slags.

meionite

Mining; General mining

A tetragonal mineral, 3CaAl 2 Si 2 O 8 .CaCO 3 ; scapolite group; forms a series with marialite.

marialite

Mining; General mining

A tetragonal mineral, 3NaAlSi 3 O 8 .NaCl ; scapolite group; forms a series with meionite.

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