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liquidation grade

The amount paid by the smelter or other purchaser per ton of ore mined.
McKinstry

liquid bituminous material

Material having a penetration at 77 degrees F (25 degrees C), under a load
of 50 g applied for 1 s, of more than 350. Urquhart

liquid glass

See:water glass

liquid inclusion

A partial syn. of fluid inclusion. AGI

liquid-liquid extraction

See:solvent extraction

liquid measure

Includes the following: 4 gills (gi) equal 1 pint (pt) or 0.47 L; 2 pt
equal 1 quart (qt) or 0.95 L; 4 qt equal 1 gal or 3.785 L; 31-1/2 gal
equal 1 bbl or 119.2 L; and 2 bbl equal 1 hogshead (hhd) or 238.5 L.
Crispin

liquid-phase sintering

Sintering of a compact or loose powder aggregate under conditions where a
liquid phase is present during part of the sintering cycle. ASTM

liquid pressure

The pressure of a liquid on the surface of its container or on the surface
of any body in the liquid is equal to the weight of a column of the liquid
whose height equals the depth of the liquid at that certain point.
Kentucky

liquids flowsheet

A flowsheet to indicate the flow of liquids throughout a series of
operations. BS, 5

liroconite

A monoclinic mineral, Cu2 Al(AsO4 )(OH)4 .4H2
O ; soft; blue to green; occurs with malachite in the oxidized zone of
copper deposits. Syn:lentil ore

liskeardite

A possibly orthorhombic mineral, (Al,Fe)3 (AsO4 )(OH) (sub
6) .5H2 O ; forms thin encrustations at Liskear, Cornwall, U.K.

list

a. Mid. Dull coal, sometimes dirty. Tomkeieff
b. Derb. and Leic. A hard parting between coal seams. Arkell
c. York. A weak shale or a thin bed of any kind of rock. Arkell
d. Eng. A mine inspector's term for the schedule of particulars of
accidents. Fay

listing

a. Fine shale or clay with glossy surfaces or slickensides due to crushing
and relative movement. The rock may form a layer over a coal seam as clod;
also applied to leather bed. Nelson
b. See:lashing

list mill

In gem cutting, a wheel covered with list or cloth on which gems are
polished. Also called list wheel. Standard, 2

list pan

A perforated skimmer for skimming molten tin. Standard, 2

listric fault

A curved downward-flattening fault, generally concave upward. Listric
faults may be characterized by normal or reverse separation. AGI

listy bed

Soft freestone between the Chert Vein and House Cap in the Portland beds
at Winspit, Purbeck, U.K.

lith-

A prefix meaning stone or stonelike.

litharge

A tetragonal mineral, PbO ; red; dimorphous with massicot, which is
yellow. Syn:lead ocher; lithargite.

lithargite

See:litharge

lithia amethyst

See:kunzite; spodumene.