Mineral mining

Mineral mining

The extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth for economic interests.

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Cross-stone

Mining; General mining

A monoclinic mineral, (Ba,K) 1-2 (Si,Al) 8 O 16 .6H 2 O ; zeolite group; in hydrothermal veins, vugs in igneous rocks, manganese ores, saline lakes.

Harmotome

Mining; General mining

A monoclinic mineral, (Ba,K) 1-2 (Si,Al) 8 O 16 .6H 2 O ; zeolite group; in hydrothermal veins, vugs in igneous rocks, manganese ores, saline lakes.

Arsenpolybasite

Mining; General mining

A monoclinic mineral, (Ag,Cu) 16 (As,Sb) 2 S 11 . Also spelled arsenopolybasite. Compare: antimonpearceite

Antimonpearceite

Mining; General mining

A monoclinic mineral, (Ag,Cu) 16 (Sb,As) 2 S 11 . Compare: arsenpolybasite

Benjaminite

Mining; General mining

A monoclinic mineral, (Ag,Cu) 3 (Bi,Pb) 7 S 12 .

Navajoite

Mining; General mining

A monoclinic mineral, (V,Fe) 10 O 24 .12H 2 O ; rare; weakly radioactive; soft; a fibrous mineral with a silky luster; associated with corvusite, hewettite, tyuyamunite, rauvite, steigerite, and ...

Gunningite

Mining; General mining

A monoclinic mineral, (Zn,Mn)SO 4 .H 2 O ; kieserite group; as efflorescences on sphalerite from the Keno Hill and Galena Hill area, central Yukon Territory, Canada.