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Record 1 1997-12-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
  • Gold and Silver Mining
CONT

... it is difficult to distinguish whether individual minerals are products of isochemical metamorphism of auriferous chemical sediments or metasomatism associated with deformation and formation of the late quartz veins.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
  • Mines d'or et d'argent
CONT

L'or du Protérozoïque. [...] Les gisements apparus durant cette période résultent de l'érosion de vieux blocs de croûte anciens qui contenaient des minerais formés précédemment et qui ont été soulevés; les deltas alluvionnaires se chargèrent alors de sédiments aurifères (l'or se concentre dans les rivières parce qu'il est plus dense que les autres minéraux).

Spanish

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