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quartzing

noun

Etymology

From quartz + -ing.

  1. derived from *twerH-✻ — “to enclose, grab”
  2. derived from *tvьrdъ✻
  3. borrowed from Quarz
  4. suffixed as quartzing — “quartz + ing”

Definitions

  1. The extraction of quartz from the earth, and moreover the subsequent extraction of gold…

    The extraction of quartz from the earth, and moreover the subsequent extraction of gold from quartz.

    • The operations of quartzing, charging, skimming, matte handling, firing and grating are carried out at Garfield about the same as at Anaconda and Cananea.

  2. The penetration of another rock or of earth by quartz.

    • The wedging away (thinning out), breaking and quartzing of the vein matter in tectonically critical zones does by no means indicate the end of the workability.
    • The mercury deposit studied is located among sedimentary rocks (limestones, jasperoids, and slates) which have been subjected to extensive quartzing and to other hydro thermal changes.
    • Fig. 2. A schematic geological map (a) and section of ore zone (b) of the Sukhol Log deposit. […] 5 — zone of intense veinlet quartzing and mylonitization ("Radostnaya");

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA