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QUARTZ VEIN [1 record]

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Record 1 2010-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metals Mining
CONT

... quartz lenses and veins in metamorphic rocks commonly result from the infilling of dilatational zones and open fractures by silica which has migrated out of the enclosing rocks ...

PHR

Gold-bearing quartz vein.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mines métalliques
CONT

[...] une roche n'est altérable que si elle renferme des minéraux qui le sont : ainsi les filons de quartz résistent victorieusement à toute attaque chimique.

CONT

L'or peut aussi se trouver à l'état natif, dans des veines de quartz par exemple.

CONT

Le seul minerai particulier [de l'antimoine] est la stibine [...] qui se rencontre en masses irrégulières dans les filons quartzeux [...]

OBS

filon de quartz : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

PHR

Filon de quartz aurifère.

Spanish

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