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SILVER LEAD ORE [1 record]

Record 1 2011-06-14

English

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

A galena containing silver.

CONT

The vein-gold of Arizona is almost all in argentiferous galena.

French

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

L'argent [...] augmente la valeur du minerai; il devient le produit essentiel au-dessus de 1 % (galène argentifère).

OBS

Massive, grenue ou magnifiquement cristallisée [...] la galène est souvent argentifère (0,1 à 1 %) et constitue de nos jours le plus important des minerais d'argent.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Minas de oro y de plata
  • Mineralogía
CONT

Es raro que [la galena] no contenga plata y, cuando la proporción de ésta es importante, se le da el nombre de galena argentífera. La galena constituye el principal mineral de plomo y uno de los más importantes entre los que proporcionan plata.

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