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PRIMARY ORE [1 record]

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Record 1 2006-05-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metals Mining
  • Geochemistry
DEF

Ore that has remained practically unchanged from the time of original formation.

OBS

Not to be confused with "hypogene ore" which indicates formation by ascending solutions. All hypogene minerals are necessarily primary, but all primary ore minerals are not hypogene.

OBS

As opposed to "secondary ore."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mines métalliques
  • Géochimie
CONT

Si le remplacement synthétique d'un matériel frais provenant d'un certain dépôt montre des structures identiques à celles observées dans le minerai originel, on est en droit de conclure que les structures naturelles sont, elles aussi, métasomatiques [...]

CONT

Immédiatement en dessous [du chapeau de fer] s'effectuent des précipitations de sulfures qui enrichissent le minerai originel. C'est la zone de cémentation [...]

OBS

Par opposition à «minerai secondaire».

Spanish

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