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A tool used to cut or chip rock having chisel-shaped cutting edge at its tip

Any calcined mixtures of clay and limestone, usually mixed with water, and gravel and/or sand

Sampling deposit by the removal of a small chip of material

A void or hole

Microcrystalline to cryptocrystalline sedimentary rock composed of interlocking quartz crystals

The reaction between a metallic ion and a complexing agent, with the resultant ring shaped structure forming a larger particle, useful in the disgorgement and transportation of embedded heavy metals from usually porous substrate

A manner of dividing property into squares for alternating allotment

An optical phenomenon of certain minerals when reflected light, in a patterned or silky sheen is concentrated in a narrow band that changes position and sometimes colour with movement

Hole containing explosive material set to be detonated

Sample material reflective of the deposit, obtained from a channel or trench