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GANGUE ROCK [1 record]

Record 1 1997-11-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Metals Mining
CONT

Skarn type in used ... to designate a large group of mineral deposits in which a significant proportion of the associated gangue rock is composed of calcium and magnesium silicate minerals.

OBS

See record "gangue."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Mines métalliques

Spanish

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