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Mineral vein   /mˈɪnərəl veɪn/   Listen
Mineral vein

noun
1.
A layer of ore between layers of rock.  Synonym: vein.






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"Mineral vein" Quotes from Famous Books



... our Far Western towns presents a curious study. In these latter days it frequently requires but a few months, or even weeks, to give some new one a fair start upon its prosperous way. Sometimes a mineral vein, sometimes the temporary "end of the track" of a lengthening railway, forms the nucleus, and around it are first seen the tents of the advance-guard. Before many weeks have elapsed some enterprising individual has succeeded, ...
— Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XXVI., December, 1880. • Various



Words linked to "Mineral vein" :   formation, vein, geological formation, bonanza



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