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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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Natural gas
Mining; General mining
A mixture of the low-molecular-weight paraffin series hydrocarbons methane, ethane, propane, and butane, with small amounts of higher hydrocarbons; also frequently containing small or large ...
Eschka's mixture
Mining; General mining
A mixture of two parts magnesium and one part dried sodium carbonate; used as a reagent for determining sulphur in coal or coke.
Copper-ore germ
Mining; General mining
A mixture of various copper minerals, such as green malachite, green or blue chrysocolla, blue azurite, and red cuprite.
Gummite
Mining; General mining
A mixture of yellow or orange secondary uranium oxides formed by alteration of uraninite.
Haloxylin
Mining; General mining
A mixture of yellow prussiate of potash, niter, and charcoal used as an explosive.
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