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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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red zinc oxide
Mining; General mining
A red to yellow brittle mineral; (Zn,Mn)O. It is an ore of zinc, as in New Jersey where it is associated with franklinite and willemite.
ruby zinc
Mining; General mining
A red to yellow brittle mineral; (Zn,Mn)O. It is an ore of zinc, as in New Jersey where it is associated with franklinite and willemite.
withamite
Mining; General mining
A red to yellow variety of epidote with a little manganese; in andesites at Glencoe, Scotland. Compare: piemontite
schiller
Mining; General mining
A pseudochromatic optical effect resulting in flashes of colored light from certain minerals, such as fire opal and labradorite, as they are turned in white light. Periodic spacings of phases with ...
aglaite
Mining; General mining
A pseudomorph of spodumene in which the spodumene has been replaced by muscovite either as pinite or as visible plates.
pihlite and cymatolite in the belief that the material was a new mineral
Mining; General mining
A pseudomorph of spodumene in which the spodumene has been replaced by muscovite either as pinite or as visible plates.
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