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-ferous [1 record]

Record 1 2011-07-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Geology
  • Geochemistry
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Magnetite-bearing gabbro.

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Orthopyroxene-bearing rocks.

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Chromitite-bearing intrusion.

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Quartz-bearing units within the sills.

OBS

-ferous: ... an adjectival suffix from Latin -fer producing (from ferre to bear) + -ous; as auriferous ...

Key term(s)
  • ferous
  • iferous
  • bearing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie économique
  • Géochimie
CONT

Gabbro à magnétite.

CONT

Roches à orthopyroxène.

CONT

Intrusion chromitifère.

CONT

Unités [...] des filons-couches qui renferment du quartz.

OBS

-fère : suffixe français [...] qui porte [...] [e.g.] plombifère, [...] argentifère [...]

Key term(s)
  • fère

Spanish

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