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The U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM) was the primary United States Government agency conducting scientific research and disseminating information on the extraction, processing, use, and conservation of mineral resources.
Founded on May 16, 1910, through the Organic Act (Public Law 179), USBM's missions ...
A monoclinic mineral, FeSO<sub>4</sub>.H<sub>2</sub>O ; kieserite group.
Industry:Mining
A monoclinic mineral, FeWO<sub>4</sub>; wolframite series with manganese replacing iron toward huebernite; weakly ferrimagnetic; sp gr, 7.5; in quartz veins; an ore of tungsten.
Industry:Mining
A monoclinic mineral, FeWO<sub>4</sub>; wolframite series with manganese replacing iron toward huebernite; weakly ferrimagnetic; sp gr, 7.5; in quartz veins; an ore of tungsten.
Industry:Mining
A monoclinic mineral, H<sub>2</sub>Cu<sub>5</sub>(AsO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>4</sub>.8-9H<sub>2</sub>O ; green; forms rosettes and reniform masses with one perfect cleavage.
Industry:Mining
A monoclinic mineral, H<sub>8</sub>V<sub>6</sub>O<sub>16</sub>; an alteration product of montroseite in sandstone from the Colorado Plateau; named for the Dolores River, CO.
Industry:Mining
A monoclinic mineral, HAl(UO<sub>2</sub>)<sub>4</sub>(PO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>4</sub>.16H<sub>2</sub>O ; autunite group; pseudotetragonal; forms crusts of minute yellow platy crystals in pegmatites at Sabugal, Portugal.
Industry:Mining
A monoclinic mineral, HgSb<sub>4</sub>S<sub>8</sub>; metallic lead gray.
Industry:Mining
A monoclinic mineral, HK(UO<sub>2</sub>)SiO<sub>4</sub>.1-1/2H<sub>2</sub>O ; analogous to sklodowskite, having potassium in place of magnesium; radioactive; yellow.
Industry:Mining
A monoclinic mineral, K(V,Al,Mg)<sub>2</sub>(AlSi<sub>3</sub>)O<sub>10</sub>(OH)<sub>2</sub>; mica group; soft; a source of vanadium.
Industry:Mining
