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PARAGENETIC [1 record]

Record 1 2011-06-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
  • Metals Mining
DEF

Refers to the chronological order of the crystallization of minerals as in a vein.

CONT

... development [of crustiform banding] in some veins demonstrates that mineralizing solutions may change in composition with time and show us the order in which the minerals were precipitated. This order is called the paragenetic sequence.

CONT

The time sequence of deposition of minerals in a rock or mineral deposit is known as its paragenetic sequence.

PHR

Paragenetic study.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
  • Mines métalliques
CONT

[...] la classification paragénétique, établie selon la notion d'association minérale ayant une communauté d'origine [...] tient compte des modes de mise en place des minéraux.

CONT

La paragenèse peut varier beaucoup d'un gisement à l'autre, mais beaucoup de gisements présentent des paragenèses voisines ou presque identiques. Cela permet de les grouper en un certain nombre de «types paragénétiques».

CONT

Séquence paragénétique de minéraux de remplissage des filons.

PHR

Étude paragénétique.

Spanish

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