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minera

mineragraphy
USE	ore microscopy

mineral associations
SN	A valid term through 1977. Use mineral assemblages.

mineral chemistry
USE	crystal chemistry

mineral cleavage
RT	cleavage
	minerals
SN	Before 1981, search cleavage AND minerals. Added to Thesaurus in 1981.

mineral collecting
SN	As of 1981, no longer a valid term for GeoRef. Use collecting.

mineral collections
USE	collections

Mineral County Montana
BT	United States
	.Montana
	..Mineral County Montana
RT	Coeur d'Alene mining district
SN	W Montana.

Mineral County West Virginia
BT	United States
	.West Virginia
	..Mineral County West Virginia
SN	E West Virginia.

mineral depo

mineral deposits,

mineral deposits, genesis
RT	algoma-type deposits
	alpine-type deposits
	Barrovian-type deposits
	bauxitization
	beneficiation
	besshi-type deposits
	blind deposits
	carlin-type deposits
	cementation deposits
	controls
	cyprus-type deposits
	detrital deposits
	discoveries
	disseminated deposits
	D
SN	Used for substantial discussions of the genesis of ore deposits. Does not include water resources or energy sources. Indexed with specific type of process or control where applicable.

mineral descriptions
USE	mineral data

mineral economics
RT	economic geology
	economics
	mineral resources
	ore grade
	possibilities
	productive capacity
SN	As of 1985, used for economic discussions of commodities (list C), excluding the energy sources, and water resources. Use economics for the energy sources, and water resources. To exclude very general treatments, search (mineral economics or economics) no

mineral exploration
UF	ore exploration
RT	economic geology
	geochemical anomalies
	geochemical methods
	feasibility studies
	Bear-Slave Operation
	biogeochemical methods
	geobotanical methods
	blind deposits
	boulder trains
	discoveries
	exploration
	CUSMAP
	dispersion patterns
	Exclusive Economic Zone
	geoche
SN	Used primarily for the application of methods in relation to the commodity terms (list C), excluding the energy sources and water resources. May be used for substantial discussions of exploration for the commodities, excluding the energy sources and water

mineral facies
SN	A valid term through 1976. Use facies.

mineral inclusions
BT	inclusions
	.mineral inclusions
RT	fluid inclusions
	host rocks
	xenocrysts
	San Carlos Olivine
	xenoliths
SN	Used for a solid-phase mineral within a solid-phase mineral.

mineral interlayer
UF	interlayering
RT	minerals
	clay minerals
	sheet silicates
	crystal structure
	crystal chemistry
	layered materials
	mixed-layer minerals
SN	Also search mineral interlayers. Added to Thesaurus in 1995.

mineral inventory
UF	mineral list
	miscellaneous minerals
	sundry minerals
RT	minerals
	mineral resources
	mineralogy
	inventory
SN	Used for inventories of minerals. Includes use for the case of several mineral groups when the topic is not emphasized or for a mineral of unknown affinity. Added to Thesaurus in 1993.

mineral list
USE	mineral inventory

mineral localities
RT	collecting
	geologic sites
	popular geology
SN	Use for collecting. Added to Thesaurus in 1981.

mineral physics
SN	Not a valid term for GeoRef. See phase transitions, geophysics, or specific property.

mineral resins
USE	resins

mineral resources
RT	affinities
	AMRAP
	depletion
	economic geology
	environmental geology
	exploration
	Law of the Sea
	mineral deposits, genesis
	mineral economics
	mineral exploration
	mineral inventory
	minerals
	ocean floors
	potential deposits
	raw materials
	resources
	strategic miner
SN	For very general treatments of both metal and nonmetal deposits. Commodity. See List C.

mineral sequence
USE	paragenesis

mineral soap
USE	bentonite

mineral synthesis
SN	A valid term through 1970. After 1970, use synthesis with crystal growth or with phase equilibria.

mineral zoning
SN	A valid term through 1975. See zoning, crystal zoning.

mineral-water interface
UF	water-mineral interface
RT	interfaces
	halmyrolysis
	water-rock interaction
	sediment-water interface
SN	Also search mineral-water interaction. Indexed with specific minerals as applicable. Added to Thesaurus in 1995.

mineralization
RT	biomineralization
	localization
	metallogenic epochs
	metallogenic provinces
	metallogeny
	mineral deposits, genesis
	mineralized mud
	ore-forming fluids
SN	Often used with ore deposits. For paleontology use fossilization or biomineralization.

mineralogy
RT	atomic packing
	bibliography
	catalogs
	clay mineralogy
	collecting
	collections
	crystal chemistry
	crystal growth
	crystal structure
	crystal zoning
	crystallography
	decrepitation
	goniometry
	lexicons
	microscope methods
	mineral data
	mineral inventory
	minerals
	opti
SN	Used for the discipline as a whole.

Mineralogy (category)
SN	Mineralogy, GeoRef category code 01, is one of thirty categories used to classify documents in GeoRef. Each reference in GeoRef is assigned one or more categories. Categories can be used, in addition to Terms, to refine searches (See List A.).

minerals
RT	accessory minerals
	alloys
	antimonates
	antimonides
	antimonites
	arsenates
	arsenides
	arsenites
	authigenesis
	authigenic minerals
	bismuthides
	borates
	carbonates
	cell dimensions
	chromates
	clay mineralogy
	coexisting minerals
	collecting
	collections
	color centers
SN	Used for descriptions of mineral occurrence or of the minerals themselves. For searching techniques, see list L. General term. Index only for general studies. Specific mineral names or groups should be used when applicable.

minerals described
SN	Not a valid GeoRef index term after 1968. See minerals; mineral data.

minerals in meteorites
SN	Not a valid GeoRef index term. Place minerals in appropriate group.

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