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Mineralization :: Mineralization (n.) The act of impregnating with a mineral, as water..

Anthophyllite :: Anthophyllite (n.) A mineral of the hornblende group, of a yellowish gray or clove brown color..

Hushing :: Hushing (n.) The process of washing ore, or of uncovering mineral veins, by a heavy discharge of water from a reservoir; flushing; -- also called booming..

Amphibolic :: Amphibolic (a.) Of or resembling the mineral amphibole.

Tripoline :: Tripoline (a.) Of or pertaining to tripoli, the mineral..

Crocidolite :: Crocidolite (n.) A mineral occuring in silky fibers of a lavender blue color. It is related to hornblende and is essentially a silicate of iron and soda; -- called also blue asbestus. A silicified form, in which the fibers penetrating quartz are changed to oxide of iron, is the yellow brown tiger-eye of the jewelers..

Tantalum :: Tantalum (n.) A rare nonmetallic element found in certain minerals, as tantalite, samarskite, and fergusonite, and isolated as a dark powder which becomes steel-gray by burnishing. Symbol Ta. Atomic weight 182.0. Formerly called also tantalium..

Camonflet :: Camonflet (n.) A small mine, sometimes formed in the wall or side of an enemy's gallery, to blow in the earth and cut off the retreat of the miners..

Placer :: Placer (n.) A deposit of earth, sand, or gravel, containing valuable mineral in particles, especially by the side of a river, or in the bed of a mountain torrent..

Aluminous :: Aluminous (a.) Pertaining to or containing alum, or alumina; as, aluminous minerals, aluminous solution..

Stilt :: Stilpnomelane (n.) A black or greenish black mineral occurring in foliated flates, also in velvety bronze-colored incrustations. It is a hydrous silicate of iron and alumina..

Okenite :: Okenite (n.) A massive and fibrous mineral of a whitish color, chiefly hydrous silicate of lime..

Chloropal :: Chloropal (n.) A massive mineral, greenish in color, and opal-like in appearance. It is essentially a hydrous silicate of iron..

Petrology :: Petrology (n.) The department of science which is concerned with the mineralogical and chemical composition of rocks, and with their classification: lithology..

Mineralization :: Mineralization (n.) The conversion of a cell wall into a material of a stony nature.

Aethiops Mineral :: Aethiops mineral () Same as Ethiops mineral.

Petalite :: Petalite (n.) A rare mineral, occurring crystallized and in cleavable masses, usually white, or nearly so, in color. It is a silicate of aluminia and lithia..

Claim :: Claim (n.) The thing claimed or demanded; that (as land) to which any one intends to establish a right; as a settler's claim; a miner's claim.

Cronstedtite :: Cronstedtite (n.) A mineral consisting principally of silicate of iron, and crystallizing in hexagonal prisms with perfect basal cleavage; -- so named from the Swedish mineralogist Cronstedt..

Kand :: Kand (n.) Fluor spar; -- so called by Cornish miners.

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