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Record 1 1993-02-16

English

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

Having or resembling a nugget; occurring in nuggets.

OBS

nugget: a native lump of precious metal (a nugget of gold).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie économique
  • Mines métalliques
DEF

Qui se manifeste sous forme de pépites.

CONT

Parfois l'or natif peut être en particules d'assez grandes dimensions et donner des pépites. (...) Ainsi donc (...) au stade 3, tardif, abaissement de la teneur globale en or, mais tendance pépitique.

Spanish

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