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Majac mill

A mill for dry-grinding mica by means of fluid energy. It consists of a
chamber containing two horizontal directly opposed jets. Mica is fed
continuously from a screw conveyor into this chamber. The particle size of
the product from this mill can be controlled over a broad range down to
the micrometer sizes. USBM, 7

major diameter

Formerly called outside diameter. It refers to the largest diameter of a
thread on a screw or nut. Crispin

major face

Used in widely different meanings in different manufacturing plants; the
meaning of the term depends on the special process of cutting used. Thus,
the faces of the major rhombohedron r 1011 are spoken of as the major face
when BT wafers are cut directly from a faced mother crystal. Also applied
to the prism faces that terminate in the faces of the major rhombohedron,
etc. Am. Mineral., 2

major mine disaster

Defined by the Mine Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of
Labor, as any accident that results in the death of five or more persons.
Federal Mine Safety

major principal plane

The plane normal to the direction of the major principal stress.
ASCE

major principal stress

The largest (with regard to sign) principal stress. ASCE

make

A wide portion of a lode. CF:pinch

make gas

Mid. To yield or produce gas. A seam of coal that gives off combustible
gas is said to make gas. Fay

make of water

The rate of entry of water into a mine or part of a mine. Also called
growth. BS, 10

makeup

To assemble; to couple or screw together. Usually applied to the process
of assembling the component parts of a drill string or pipe system.
Long

makeup bunker

See:makeup shed

makeup medium

Medium or medium solids added to the circuit to replace losses during the
separating operation. BS, 5

makeup shed

A surface building at which explosives, drawn from the magazine, are
issued and where the charges are prepared or made up.
Syn:makeup bunker

makeup time

The time required to couple together the component parts of a drill or
casing string and the lowering of such a string to the working position in
a borehole. Long

makeup water

a. Water supplied to a washery to replace that lost from the circuit.
BS, 5
b. Water supplied to replenish that lost by leaks, evaporation, etc.
Strock, 2

making hole

a. The depth gained in the day's drilling. Hess
b. The act of, or portion of work time spent in, actual drilling and
advancement of a bore or drill hole.

makings

Newc. The small coal hewn out in undercutting or channeling. Also, in some
localities, called bug dust. Fay

malachite

A monoclinic mineral, Cu2 CO3 (OH)2 ; dimorphous with
georgeite; bright green; occurs with azurite in oxidized zones of copper
deposits; a source of copper. Syn:Atlas ore

malacolite

a. A pale-colored, translucent variety of diopside with good (001)
parting; also diopside from Sala, Sweden.
b. See:diopside

malacon

A metamict variety of zircon. Also spelled malakon, malacone.

maldonite

An isometric mineral, Au2 Bi ; pink to silver-white; intermetallic
compound. Syn:black gold