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The gold - mines of Santo Domingo are in veins or lodes of auriferous quartz that
run parallel to each other , and are so numerous that across a band more than a
mile in width one may be found every fifty yards . All that have been worked vary
...
The gold - mines of Santo Domingo are in veins or lodes of auriferous quartz that
run parallel to each other , and are so numerous that across a band more than a
mile in width one may be found every fifty yards . All that have been worked vary
...
Page 75
Origin of Mineral Veins 77 plete gradation from veins of perfectly crystallised
granite , through others abounding in quartz at the expense of the other
constituents , up to veins filled with pure quartz , as at Porth Just , near Cape
Cornwall ; and ...
Origin of Mineral Veins 77 plete gradation from veins of perfectly crystallised
granite , through others abounding in quartz at the expense of the other
constituents , up to veins filled with pure quartz , as at Porth Just , near Cape
Cornwall ; and ...
Page 76
peated re - opening and filling of the same fissure ; but never , in quartz veins , a
regular filling up from the sides towards the centre , as in veins produced by
deposits from springs . Quartz veins extend sometimes for miles , and it is
necessary ...
peated re - opening and filling of the same fissure ; but never , in quartz veins , a
regular filling up from the sides towards the centre , as in veins produced by
deposits from springs . Quartz veins extend sometimes for miles , and it is
necessary ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Naturalist in Nicaragua 651. number of Everyman's Library 651. number of Everyman's library: Science |
| Author | Thomas Belt |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | J. M. Dent, 1911 |
| Original from | UC Southern Regional Library Facility |
| Digitized | 16 dets. 2014 |
| Length | 306 pages |
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