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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

metasandbergite

Mining; General mining

A tetragonal mineral, Ba(UO 2 ) 2 (AsO 4 ) 2 .8H 2 O ; meta-autunite group; yellow; a secondary mineral.

uranocircite

Mining; General mining

A tetragonal mineral, Ba(UO 2 ) 2 (PO 4 ) 2 .10H 2 O ; autunite group; yellow-green.

fresnoite

Mining; General mining

A tetragonal mineral, Ba 2 TiSi 2 O 8 ; yellow with yellow fluorescence; resembles idocrase.

baotite

Mining; General mining

A tetragonal mineral, Ba 4 (Ti,Nb) 8 Si 4 O 28 Cl.

gillespite

Mining; General mining

A tetragonal mineral, BaFeSi 4 O 10 ; vitreous; red; translucent; associated with sanbornite, celsian, taramellite, and witherite at Dry Delta, AK, and Fresno and Mariposa Counties, CA.

redledgeite

Mining; General mining

A tetragonal mineral, BaTi 6 Cr 2 O 16 .H 2 O ; cryptomelane group. Formerly called chromrutile.

bismutite

Mining; General mining

A tetragonal mineral, Bi 2 (CO 3 )O 2 ; earthy or amorphous.

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