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roca cuarzolita alterada

English translation: Altered quartzolite

11:14 Nov 9, 2009

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Spanish term or phrase: roca cuarzolita alterada

Type of rock.
CUARZOLITA: Roca plutónica ácida formada mayoritariamente por cuarzo

(Definition from http://greco.fmc.cie.uva.es/mineralogia/contenido/glosario_C...

Victoria Ruth
United Kingdom

English translation:Altered quartzolite

Explanation:
Quartzolith and Quartzolite are both "cuarzolita" in Spanish and refer to one of two rock types - both with a quartzitic structure:

Quartzolith =
1. a lagoonal sillicious sediment
Quartzolite
2. light-coloured granular plutonic rock with >90% quartz. NB. Quartzite has >95% quartz.

So in this case it's the second option :)

E.g. Lagoonal type:
INTEGRATING SANDSTONE PETROLOGY AND NONMARINE SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY: - [ Traducir esta página ]Quartzofeldspatholithic, quartzolith- ic, and quartzose sandstones above the lower base-level shift are variable, but generally similar in compositional and ...
jsedres.geoscienceworld.org/cgi/reprint/73/3/389.pdf - Similares
de TF Lawton - 2003 - Citado por 18 - Artículos relacionados - Las 7 versiones

E.g. Plutonic type:
Chronology and origin of Au-Cu deposits related to paleozoic ... - [ Traducir esta página ]quartzolite type gold deposit has a Rb-Sr isochron age of (312 ± 46) Ma; ..... deposit is the quartzolite type with a large mineralization area. ...
www.springerlink.com/index/MX7837116108XK8U.pdf - Similares
de H Li - 2002 - Artículos relacionados

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Note added at 56 mins (2009-11-09 12:10:31 GMT)
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Ooh - sorry for the spelling with a "z" - I was translating from Catalan (quarzita) :(

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Altered quartzolite

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altered quartzite rock

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altered quartzite rock

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Amethyst Specimens - Colorado Gem and Mineral Company
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Amethyst in altered quartzite - Four Peaks Mine, Maricopa County, Arizona USA Excellent matrix piece from Four Peaks, a complete amethyst showing rare ...
www.coloradogem.com/index.php?display... - En caché - Similares
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drilling rate for quartzite - OneMine Mining and Minerals Library ...
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Altered porphyry Altered shale Dabase Schlst Altered quartzite ... insert bits), and the production rate at which ... a single- or a multple-row drilling ...
www.onemine.org/search/index.cfm?fullText... - En caché - Similares
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Granite and Ore
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and the narrow casing of altered quartzite to convert both to a ... altered quartzite has been largely replaced by orthoclase and ...
econgeol.geoscienceworld.org/cgi/reprint/37/6/510.pdf - Similares
de AL Anderson - 1942 - Citado por 1 - Artículos relacionados
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MV-1947 September 12, 1975 File: 6023 The Mining Recorder Nanaimo ...
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Breccia with fresh t o slightly clay altered quartzite ... Breccia with moderately clay altered quartzite c l a s t s . Quartz-carbonate veins with ...
aris.empr.gov.bc.ca/ArisReports/05604.PDF - Similares

Rafael Molina Pulgar
Dominican Republic
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