A monatomic, inert, colourless gas. Symbol, Ar. Used in light bulbs and fluorescent tubes
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A simple rotary, gear-driven drilling device
A type of rock deriving from clay or silt, also lacking the cleavage distinctive of slate
The process of bombarding matter with energy, creating an excited state of the said matter to facilitate the measurement of reflection and/or absorption of the said energy, thereby determining its mineral constituents from correlative readings. This process is used in X-Ray Fluorescent (XRF) mineral determination
A group of igneous and volcanic rocks between the Atlantic suite and the Pacific suite
A device producing fine mist for the suppression of airborne dust
The number of protons in an atoms nucleus
The smallest particle of an element in the composition of a molecule