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- Hot, watery solution that usually emanates from
magma
in late stages of cooling. Frequently contains, and deposits in economically workable
concentrations, minor elements that, because of
incommensurate ionic radii or electronic charges, have not been able to fit into atomic
structures of common minerals of
igneous rocks.
Source: Leet, L. Don. 1982.
Physical Geology, 6th Edition. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall
- A hot-water solution originating within the Earth and carrying dissolved
mineral substances. Syn: ore-bearing fluid; ore-forming fluid.
AGI
Source:
Dictionary of Mining, Mineral, and Related Terms
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