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SYMPTOMATIC MINERAL [1 record]

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Record 1 2005-03-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
DEF

A mineral, such as olivine or quartz, whose presence in an igneous rock indicates whether the rock is undersaturated or oversaturated.

CONT

Prospecting for diagnostic minerals, such as uranophane, erythrite, annabergite, dark purple fluorite, and for quartz-carbonate veins should complement the geophysical and geochemical surveys.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
CONT

La recherche de minéraux symptomatiques tels que l'uranophane, l'érythrite, l'annabergite et la fluorine violet sombre, et de filons de quartz-carbonates devrait compléter les levés géophysiques et géochimiques.

Spanish

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