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Minerals

LC control no.sh 90001070
Topical headingMinerals
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See alsoMineralogy
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Mines and mineral resources
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Scope noteHere are entered works on the geochemical or geological aspects of naturally formed inorganic and organic compounds. Works on the potential economic value of minerals or the technical aspects of locating and removing them from the earth are entered under Mines and mineral resources. Works on the industries based on the extraction, processing, and commercialization of minerals are entered under Mineral industries.
Subject example tracingNotes under Mineral industries; Mines and mineral resources
Found inWork cat.: Mineralnavn, 1988.
Random House (mineral: any of a class of substances occurring in nature, usu. comprising inorganic substances, as quartz or feldspar, of definite chemical composition and usu. of definite crystal, but sometimes including rocks formed by these substances as well as certain natural products of organic origin, as asphalt or coal)
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LC database, 2/23/90 (mineral(s))