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petrologyBranch of geology that deals with the study of rocks, their mineral compositions, their textures, and their origins. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| 1994, The paleohydrology of southeast Missouri Mississippi Valley-type deposits: Interplay of faults, fluids, and adjoining lithologies, Economic Geology, v. Commonly, hard sandstones, as well as orthoquartzites, occur in the coarser grained lithologies as a near-surface diagenetic feature due to leaching of silica. The molybdenite mineralization is found in all lithologies intersected to date and includes granodiorite, quartz-feldspar porphyry, and both monolithic and heterolithic breccias. |
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