Quartzing
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Quartzing is a noun meaning The extraction of quartz from the earth, and moreover the subsequent extraction of gold from quartz.
Meaning
The extraction of quartz from the earth, and moreover the subsequent extraction of gold from quartz.
More Meanings
- The penetration of another rock or of earth by quartz.
Example Sentences
The operations of quartzing, charging, skimming, matte handling, firing and grating are carried out at Garfield about the same as at Anaconda and Cananea.
The wedging away (thinning out), breaking and quartzing of the vein matter in tectonically critical zones does by no means indicate the end of the workability.
Fig. 2. A schematic geological map (a) and section of ore zone (b) of the Sukhol Log deposit. […] 5 — zone of intense veinlet quartzing and mylonitization ("Radostnaya");
The mercury deposit studied is located among sedimentary rocks (limestones, jasperoids, and slates) which have been subjected to extensive quartzing and to other hydro thermal changes.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include lechatelierite, crystal, sericite, adularia, diorite, felsite.
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