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BANDED DEPOSIT [1 record]

Record 1 1997-11-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
  • Petrography
OBS

banded: Said of a ... deposit having alternating layers of ore that differ in color or texture and that may or may not differ in mineral composition, e.g. banded iron formation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
  • Pétrographie
DEF

Gisement caractérisé par l'alternance de lits de couleurs différentes.

CONT

Complexes basiques. [...] Ce sont des gisements interstratifiés, rubanés, plus rarement en dykes, dans des complexes à gabbros-norites-anorthosites.

CONT

La formation des dépôts rubanés n'implique pas des venues hydrothermales successives de compositions chimiques différentes.

Spanish

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