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Bomb

A small volcanic rock, over 64mm, formed through ejection from lava

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Biomass

The Weight by volume of living organisms in a given space

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Blue clay

A bluish, compacted soil strata, usually several feet thick and is often indicative of placer minerals

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Blowpiping

A rough technique of assay where the target minerals are oxidized by torch and oxidation states observed

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Blowout

Usually a deposit that contains positive target indicator minerals without itself containing target minerals

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Block caving

Where an orebody is mined by excavating a cavity underneath the target ore, collapsing the ore into the cavity