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Breccia

Fine-grained rock matrix with suspended larger rock and fragments

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Box hole

A short raise or opening driven above a drift for the purpose of drawing ore from a stope, or to permit access

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Botryoidal

A descriptive term for minerals having the form of a cluster of grapes

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Bort

Non-gem grade diamonds used for industrial purposes for their hardness, usually for cutting or as an abrasive

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Borehole surveying

The use of sensory equipment to measure characteristics of the surrounding orebody of the borehole

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Borehole

A hole drilled and cored for the purpose of facilitating further exploring the underlying orebody