GEOLOGY AND MINING RELATIONSHIP
GEOLOGY AND MINING RELATIONSHIP

Summary/Abstract: The relation between geology and mining is perfect symbiosis between anatural science and an engineering. Geological knowledge has been exercised from the verydawn of mankind, when first information on stones and minerals was gained. The Neolithicman has exploited silex, volcanic glass – the obsidian – that could be easily chipped, yieldingnice and sharp, yet fragile tools. It is obvious that various hard and nicely colored mineralssuch as agate, charneol, turquoise, hematite, etc. could not pass unobserved, and theprimitive man extensively used them as adornments. Later on, during the last two thousandyears BC, primitive miners have explored and extracted metallic ores, firstly copper, thenbronze and iron

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