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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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milli-
Mining; General mining
A prefix meaning one thousandth of. It divides a basic unit by 1,000, or multiplies it by 10 -3 ; abbrev., m. Commonly applied to units of measure in the metric and cgs systems; e.g., 1 mg = ...
poly-
Mining; General mining
A prefix signifying many. Used in many mineral names, such as polybasite, polycrase, polyhalite, and polyaugite.
