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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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Common mica
Mining; General mining
A monoclinic mineral, KAl 2 (Si 3 Al)O 10 (OH,F) 2 ; mica group; pseudohexagonal; perfect basal cleavage; forms large, transparent, strong, electrically and thermally insulating, stable sheets; a ...
White mica
Mining; General mining
A monoclinic mineral, KAl 2 (Si 3 Al)O 10 (OH,F) 2 ; mica group; pseudohexagonal; perfect basal cleavage; forms large, transparent, strong, electrically and thermally insulating, stable sheets; a ...
Isinglass
Mining; General mining
A monoclinic mineral, KAl 2 (Si 3 Al)O 10 (OH,F) 2 ; mica group; pseudohexagonal; perfect basal cleavage; forms large, transparent, strong, electrically and thermally insulating, stable sheets; a ...
Common feldspar
Mining; General mining
A monoclinic mineral, KAlSi 3 O 8 ; feldspar group; prismatic cleavage; partly ordered, monoclinic potassium feldspar dimorphous with microcline, being stable at higher temperatures; also a general ...
Orthoclase
Mining; General mining
A monoclinic mineral, KAlSi 3 O 8 ; feldspar group; prismatic cleavage; partly ordered, monoclinic potassium feldspar dimorphous with microcline, being stable at higher temperatures; also a general ...
Orthose
Mining; General mining
A monoclinic mineral, KAlSi 3 O 8 ; feldspar group; prismatic cleavage; partly ordered, monoclinic potassium feldspar dimorphous with microcline, being stable at higher temperatures; also a general ...
Eudidymite
Mining; General mining
A monoclinic mineral, NaBeSi 3 O 7 (OH) ; dimorphous with epididymite; vitreous, in transparent to translucent tabular crystals with lamellar twinning having one perfect and one imperfect cleavage; ...
