a. Permitting the passage of electromagnetic radiation.
b. Things that may be seen through; e.g., rock crystal (quartz), Iceland
spar (calcite), selenite (gypsum). CF:opaque
Glass through which objects can be seen. Mersereau, 2
An automated receiver and/or transmitter for transmitting signals when
triggered by an interrogating signal. Hy
a. A mining term used to cover vehicular transport, hydraulic transport,
and conveyors. See also:conveyor; haulage; hydraulic pipe transport.
Nelson
b. Syn:transportation
occurs in combined terms such as sediment transport and mass transport.
AGI
Machines or equipment that can be moved from one part of a mine to another
by mechanical means, such as but not by self-propulsion, on a track, or on
attached wheels. See also:mobile equipment
A transformer equipped with switchgear and mounted upon wheels or skids.
Syn:portable substation
a. In geology, the shifting of material from one place to another on the
Earth's surface by moving water, ice, or air. The carriage of mud and
dissolved salts by rivers, the passage of a dust-laden whirlwind across a
desert, the inland march of sand dunes from a seashore, and the creeping
movement of rocks on a glacier are all examples of transportation.
See also:transport
b. The hauling or moving from one place to another of material, such as
ore, coal, rock, etc. Fay
A person stationed in a central position, at a large opencast pit or
quarry, to observe all the excavations. By means of signals, the
individual is informed when and where vehicles or cars are required and
can instruct the lorry or locomotive drivers accordingly. Nelson
Some transported gossans are simply colluvial accumulations of fragments
of normal gossan that have moved down the slope from the site of
weathering. Another variety of an entirely different origin is effectively
a fossil spring or seepage deposit, where at one time iron-rich ground
water has precipitated massive limonite at or near the daylight surface.
Hawkes, 2
In electrolysis, a proportional fall in the number of ions concentrated at
an electrode n=loss of concentration at cathode, and/or loss at cathode
and anode. This phenomenon is caused by differences in the rate of travel
of various species of ion. Pryor, 3
a. Of, or pertaining to, radioactive substances produced by bombarding
uranium with neutrons. Bennett
b. Having an atomic number higher than that of uranium; having an atomic
number higher than 92. Webster 3rd
See:African emerald
A green garnet, possibly grossular or a variety of andradite.
A fault that strikes obliquely or perpendicular to the general structural
trend of the region. See also:transcurrent fault
An auxiliary crosscut made in thick deposits across an orebody for the
purpose of dividing it into sections along strike. It is used only a short
time and runs across the thickness of the deposit only. Stoces
A joint that is transverse to the strike of the strata or schistosity.
The loading on a beam. Hammond
The lateral distance between the center lines of each strand of a
multiple-strand chain, or between the tooth profiles on a sprocket for a
multiple-strand roller chain. Jackson, 1
transverse slicing with caving
See:top slicing and cover caving
a. A measure of the capability of a stone bar (or beam) supported at its
ends to bear a weight or load at its center. Fay
b. The strength of a specimen tested in transverse bending; normally
synonymous with modulus of rupture but also used to refer to breaking
load. Taylor