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Verneuil process
A technique developed by Auguste V.L. Verneuil (1856-1913), French mineralogist and chemist, for the manufacture of large crystals of corundum and spinel in which powdered alumina with appropriate oxide dopants is melted in an oxyhydrogen flame to produce boules of synthetic gems.
- Kalbos dalis: noun
- Pramonės šaka / sritis: Mining
- Category: General mining; Mineral mining
- Government Agency: USBM
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