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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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grouting
Mining; General mining
A pumpable thin slurry consisting primarily of a mixture of cement, sand, and water; injected into rock formations through boreholes as a sealant.
cement grouting
Mining; General mining
A pumpable thin slurry consisting primarily of a mixture of cement, sand, and water; injected into rock formations through boreholes as a sealant.
rivet snap
Mining; General mining
A punch having a recess in its head shaped to the form of the rivet.
sizing punch
Mining; General mining
A punch used for pressing of the sintered compact during the sizing operation.
vaughanite
Mining; General mining
A pure, dense, homogeneous, dove-colored, fine-textured limestone that breaks with a smooth and more or less pronounced conchoidal fracture that contains relatively few fossils, and that typically ...
Osann's classification
Mining; General mining
A purely chemical system of classification of igneous rocks.
zone refining
Mining; General mining
A purification technique in which a molten or high-temperature zone is moved along a length of material to be purified to bring about impurity segregation; the impurities become concentrated in the ...
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