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Record 1 2003-10-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Metal Ores
  • Economic Geology
OBS

lode: A mineral deposit consisting of a zone of veins, veinlets, disseminations, or planar breccias; a mineral deposit in consolidated rock as opposed to placer deposits. Synonym: lead.

OBS

Veins are fissures of varying size which have been filled with one or more minerals ... The term lode is used for a vein or group of veins in a definite area.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minerais divers (Mines métalliques)
  • Géologie économique
CONT

Les minerais filoniens sont constitués par de l'argent natif (le plus abondant), de l'argentite, de la dyscrasite, pyrargirite, stéphanite, polybasite, safflorite, smaltite, cobaltite, tennantite, tétraédrite, nickéline, rammelsbergite, breithauptite, gersdorffite, etc.

Spanish

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