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Record 1 2006-06-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metals Mining
  • Erosion and Weathering (Geol.)
  • Geochemistry
DEF

Those deposits of minerals and ores that are in layers or crusts and that, therefore have been distinctively deposited from solution.

CONT

General characteristics of epithermal deposits. ... Crustification ... very common, often with development of fine banding, cockade ore, vugs and brecciation of veins.

CONT

Crustations of Cu-oxides, Cu-carbonates, and Cu-silicates.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mines métalliques
  • Érosion et corrosion (Géologie)
  • Géochimie
CONT

Croûtes d'oxydes de Cu, de carbonates de Cu et de silicates de Cu.

Spanish

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