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Record 1 2005-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Various Metal Ores
DEF

The valueless stone that occurs with the valuable minerals in lodes and veins.

CONT

It is probably unnecessary to mention quartz as the most universally auriferous veinstone; but it must not be supposed that all quartz is auriferous, nor that all gold is quartzose.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Minerais divers (Mines métalliques)
DEF

Partie rocheuse sans valeur qui entoure un minerai.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Petrografía
  • Minerales varios (Minas metálicas)
DEF

Cascote. Material sobrante tras extraer de la mina el mineral. Se considera un residuo sólido de desecho.

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