Mineral mining

Mineral mining

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

Industry: Mining

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Froth promoter

Mining; General mining

A chemical compound used with a frothing agent. Increases greatly the recovery in a flotation process.

Solvate

Mining; General mining

A chemical compound consisting of a dissolved substance and its solvent, e.g. hydrated calcium sulfate.

Safety cheque

Mining; General mining

A cheque valve to slow the excessive travel speed of a piston in a hydraulic cylinder.

Trimorphous

Mining; General mining

A chemical compound that may crystallise in one of three different crystal structures.

Triamorph

Mining; General mining

A chemical compound crystallising in three different crystal structures.

A chemical sedimentary rock, typically thin-bedded and/or finely laminated, containing at least 15% iron of sedimentary origin, and commonly but not necessarily containing layers of chert. Various ...

Tufa

Mining; General mining

A chemical sedimentary rock composed of calcium carbonate, formed by evaporation as a surficial, spongy, porous, semifriable incrustation around the mouth of a hot or cold spring or seep, or along a ...