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Core Glossary
Canonical definitions bridging mining and biology terminology
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Mining
Biology
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Acid Consumption
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Acid Mine Drainage (AMD)
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Acidophile
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Autotroph
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Bioaccumulation
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Biofilm
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Bioleaching
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Biomining
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BioOx®
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Biooxidation
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Bioprospecting
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Bioseparation
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Biosorption
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Bleed Stream
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Bulk Waste Rock
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Cell-Free Proteins
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Chelation
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Chemosynthesis
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Comminution
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Complexation
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Concentrate
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Concentration
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Consortia
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Critical Minerals
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Cyanidation
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Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE)
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Drainage
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Electrowinning (EW)
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Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS)
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Enzyme
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Extracellular Polymeric Substances (EPS)
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Extremophile
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Feedstock
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Flowsheet
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Fly Ash
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Fouling
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Froth Flotation
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Gangue
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Geothermal Brine
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Grade
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Heap Leaching
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Heterotroph
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Hydrometallurgy
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In Situ Leach (ISL)
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Inoculum
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Ion Exchange (IX)
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Leach
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Ligand
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Lithotroph
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Lixiviant
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Mesophile
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Metabolite
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Metallophores / Siderophores
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Metallurgy
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Milling
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Mine Waste
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Mineral
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Mining
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Open Pit Mine
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Ore
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Organotroph
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Overburden
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Particle Size Distribution (PSD)
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Passivation
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Peptide
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Polysaccharide
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Pregnant Leach Solution (PLS)
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Produced Water
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Pulp Density
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Pyrometallurgy
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Raffinate
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Rare Earth Elements (REEs)
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Redox Control
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Redox Cycling
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Refining
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Roasting
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Rock
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Scaling
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Slag
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Smelting
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Solvent Extraction (SX)
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Subsurface Leach (SSL)
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Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria (SRB)
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Tailings
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Thermophile
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Underground Mine
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