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Record 1 2016-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Geology
  • Metals Mining
DEF

Quartz carrying no valuable mineral.

DEF

bull quartz: A prospector's term describing white, coarse-grained, barren quartz.

Key term(s)
  • barren quartz

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie économique
  • Mines métalliques
CONT

Bien des filons et autres masses de quartz, dit souvent quartz stérile («bull quartz»), ne contiennent pas de minéraux de qualité. [...] d'ordinaire, les filons sont constitués de quartz d'un blanc laiteux, bien qu'on en trouve souvent du bleu, du gris (enfumé) et du rose. Le quartz stérile est d'ordinaire vitreux et il peut avoir une teinte bleuâtre; mais ces caractéristiques ne permettent pas toujours de dire qu'il s'agit d'un quartz sans valeur.

CONT

La molybdénite imprègne des filonnets de quartz tout autour d'un noyau central de quartz stérile; [...]

Spanish

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