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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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Hemafibrite
Mining; General mining
A brownish-red to garnet-red, transparent to translucent, hydrous manganese arsenate, Mn 3 (AsO 4 )(OH) 3 .H 2 O ; soon turns black; Mohs hardness, 3; sp gr, 3.50 to 3.65; rare; from Nordmark, ...
Aimafibrite
Mining; General mining
A brownish-red to garnet-red, transparent to translucent, hydrous manganese arsenate, Mn 3 (AsO 4 )(OH) 3 .H 2 O ; soon turns black; Mohs hardness, 3; sp gr, 3.50 to 3.65; rare; from Nordmark, ...
Huebnerite
Mining; General mining
A brownish-red tungstate of manganese, Mn +2 WO 4 , one of the end-members of a variable series, commonly known as wolfram or wolframite, (Fe, Mn)WO 4 ; monoclinic.
Wolframite
Mining; General mining
A brownish-red tungstate of manganese, Mn +2 WO 4 , one of the end-members of a variable series, commonly known as wolfram or wolframite, (Fe, Mn)WO 4 ; monoclinic.
Middletonite
Mining; General mining
A brown, resinous, brittle mineral found between layers of coal at the Middleton collieries, near Leeds, England, and also at Newcastle.
