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SEGREGATION VEIN [1 record]

Record 1 2011-08-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metals Mining
  • Mining Topography
DEF

A vein in which the filling is believed to have been derived from the adjacent country rock by percolating water carrying the dissolved mineral matter into the fissure.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mines métalliques
  • Topographie minière
CONT

[...] les carbonates (souvent ankérite et calcite) [...] se sont déposés dans des fentes et veines d'exsudation.

Spanish

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