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HARD-ROCK MINERALS [2 records]

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Record 1 2005-08-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Boring and Drilling (Mines)
  • Geological Research and Exploration
DEF

A screw-like boring tool resembling the conventional carpenter's auger bit but much larger, usually operated by hand and designed for use in clay, soil, and other relatively unconsolidated near-surface materials, especially for such purposes as testing for ore minerals or drilling for oil or water, or taking any hard-rock sample below soil or alluvial cover.

DEF

Any of various augerlike tools designed ... for boring into soil and used especially for such purposes as prospecting, drilling for oil or water, and digging postholes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sondage et forage miniers
  • Recherches et prospections géologiques
DEF

Instrument qui sert à faire des forages dans le sol.

OBS

Des tarières ou des mèches, de formes quelquefois très compliquées [...], permettent de désagréger le terrain et de remonter ses détritus jusqu'à la surface du sol.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sondeo y perforación (Minas)
  • Investigaciones y prospecciones geológicas
DEF

[Instrumento de] perforación para sacar muestras del suelo, de depósitos superficiales o de madera.

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Record 2 1999-08-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
DEF

Solid minerals, as distinguished from oil and gas, esp. those solid minerals found in hard rocks.

Key term(s)
  • hard rock mineral
  • solid mineral
  • hard-rock minerals
  • hard-rock mineral

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
Key term(s)
  • minéral solide

Spanish

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