POM_IC Flashcards
first mining technical work
De Re Metallica
Father of economic geology
Georgius Agricola
Invents the safety lamp
Sir Humphrey Davy
Inventor of Dynamite
Alfred Nobel
metal found in pure form; not bound up in some mineral
native metal
most abundant native metal
copper
seven metals of antiquity
Gold
Silver
Copper
Iron
Lead
Tin
Mercury
alloy of copper and tin
bronze
alloy of molybdenum, manganese, nickel, chromium, vanadium, silicon, and boron
steel
alloy of copper and zinc
brass
alloy of gold, palladium, nickel, zinc
white gold
alloy of iron, chromium, carbon, molybdenum
stainless steel
alloy of lead and tin
solder
alloy of gold and copper
rose gold
alloy of iron, carbon
cast iron
alloy of mercury, silver, tin, copper
amalgam
economically mineable ore deposit
orebody
material from which metal or metals can be
extracted at a profit
ore
any naturally occurring substance of
economic value excluding metallic ores, fuels and
gemstones (granite, sand, limestone, etc.)
industrial minerals
unwanted material that is intergrown with ore
mineral
gangue
The material associated with an ore deposit that must be mined to get at the ore and must then be discarded
waste
Type of metal including iron, manganese, molybdenum, and tungsten
ferrous metals
Type of metal including copper, lead ,
zinc, and tin
base metals
Type of metal including gold, silver, the platinum
group of metals
precious metals