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English-Russian dictionary of geology. 2011.
English-Russian dictionary of geology. 2011.
Quartz reef mining — Primary gold typically occurs in quartz veins. The extraction of gold ore from these hard quartz veins was historically referred to as quartz reef mining.A Prussian engineer, Jacob Brache was the first to think that quartz reefs might have even… … Wikipedia
quartz — A crystalline form of silicon dioxide used in chemical apparatus and in optical and electric instruments. * * * quartz kwȯ(ə)rts n a mineral SiO2 consisting of a silica that occurs in colorless and transparent or colored hexagonal crystals and… … Medical dictionary
Fused quartz — A sphere manufactured by NASA out of fused quartz for use in a gyroscope in the Gravity Probe B experiment. It is one of the most accurate spheres ever created by humans, differing in shape from a perfect sphere by no more than 40 atoms of… … Wikipedia
Gold dust — Gold Gold (g[=o]ld), n. [AS. gold; akin to D. goud, OS. & G. gold, Icel. gull, Sw. & Dan. guld, Goth. gul[thorn], Russ. & OSlav. zlato; prob. akin to E. yellow. [root]49, 234. See {Yellow}, and cf. {Gild}, v. t.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Chem.) A… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Silicon dioxide — Silica redirects here. For other uses, see Silica (disambiguation). Silicon dioxide … Wikipedia
Mars surface color — Rock strewn surface imaged by Mars Pathfinder The apparent color of the Martian surface enabled humans to distinguish it from other planets early in human history and motivated them to weave fables of war in association with Mars. One of its… … Wikipedia
Silicosis — A form of lung disease resulting from occupational exposure to silica dust over a period of years. Silicosis causes slowly progressive fibrosis of the lungs, impairment of lung function and a tendency to tuberculosis of the lungs. Crystalline… … Medical dictionary
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis — |n(y)ümə(ˌ)nōˌəltrəˌmīkrəˈskäpikˈsilə̇(ˌ)kōˌvälˈkā(ˌ)nōˌkōnēˈōsə̇s noun Etymology: New Latin, from pneumon + International Scientific Vocabulary ultramicroscopic + New Latin silic + volcano + coniosis (from coni (II) + osis) … Useful english dictionary
Silica — The chief component of sand and a substance responsible for lung disease and cancer. Crystalline silica of respirable size is primarily quartz dust occurring in industrial and occupational settings in the form of fine, breathable particles.… … Medical dictionary
Everett Smith — is a puzzler who, in 1935 may have coined the word pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, also spelled pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis as a hypothetical long word that could result from the protraction of medical terms. It… … Wikipedia
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis — pneu·mo·no·ul·tra·mi·cro·scop·ic·sil·i·co·vol·ca·no·co·ni·o·sis n(y)ü mə (.)nō .əl trə .mī krə skäp ik sil i (.)kō väl kā nō .kō nē ō səs n, pl o·ses .sēz a pneumoconiosis caused by inhalation of very fine silicate or quartz dust … Medical dictionary