Mining

The ore of any precious or semi-precious metal.

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precious mineral

Broken Hill was first identified as a mining site in 1883 by Charles Rasp. It was later discovered to be the richest desposit of silver, lead and zinc in the world. Broken Hill. Broken Hill has been mined continuously for 125 years.

Newfoundland, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, British Columbia, the Yukon and the Northwest Territories.

Iron pyrites is commonly called "fools gold" since it is often mistaken for gold by people who do not know how to tell the difference.

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most likely its discovery wasn't documented until 1889

They had found some Gold and it caused settlers to move from the east to the west. Causing the west to prosper in ways that it had never grew before.

The arctic regions are rich in undiscovered minerals and unexploited minerals because it is so difficult to work there. All the hospitable parts of the world have been developed for hundreds of years and many of those mineral deposits have been used up.

yes mining should be banned it is a dangerous occupation and many of the gases are explosive it has a lack of safety regulations.

In Noah, the glowing, crystal-like mineral mined is called zohar; it is used as a source of power and fire. The cities of Cain mined it and used it as a source of political and technological power.

Only by chemical analysis.

To recover gold via algamation, the gold ore is powdered, thoroughly mixed with mercury, then the mercury is burned off, leaving behind the gold. Don't try this at home, mercury is poisonous.

Mostly, yes. Gold has a deep yellow colour, while pyrite often has a silvery haze over it. If you have a large sample, it's even easier, as pyrite forms perfect cubic crystals.

According to an outdated article on Wikipedia: "Mining in Japan is minimal because Japan possesses very few mining resources."

Until new mining resources are discovered in Japan, it is unlikely that mining will develop there.

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Ruby belongs to the mineral group Corundum

First of all, coltrane is a rare mineral used in cell. Willt coltrane cell phone, I Pad etc... have become light and thin. DRC has 80% of the world reserve. the demand of this mineral is only growing. mkre than 50% of the world production is sold to Chinese companie. Many mines are controled by rebel groups to this date (Jan 2012) who force local population to work for them. You are kill if you don't comply. The money received from the sale of the mineral help finance war. 

Aluminum metal is made from Bauxite.

You grind a diamond by using drills or a diamond grinding cup wheel. A diamond grinding cup wheel is a metal-bonded diamond tool with diamond segments welded or cold-pressed on a steel.

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Resources are a provincial matter so mining does not bring money directly to Canada. The mining industry in BC is worth about $10 Billion a year.

on economy

A large igneous intrusion is called a pluton. Plutons are formed when molten rock (magma) solidifies beneath the Earth's surface, resulting in large bodies of igneous rock. Examples of plutons include batholiths, stocks, and laccoliths.

In one word, scarcity. There is a lot of pyrite, not much gold.

About 50% of the Gold found in the world since 1880 has come from South Africa.

Diamond is the hardest - 10 on the Moh's scale.