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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A deposit of quartz in the form of a vein.

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Examples

  • The Wady Mulaybij shows fine specimens of mica dorí in the quartz-vein streaking the slate: it deceived all the caravan, save those who tested it with their daggers.

    The Land of Midian 2003

  • At foot of Abú Sháar Pass, aneroid 28.80; at foot of quartz-vein (wall), 28.50.

    The Land of Midian 2003

  • The filets and fibrils of dust are exposed to sight in the flanks, and near the base of the great quartz-vein: we should never have been able to remove the barren upper capping.

    The Land of Midian 2003

  • The filets and fibrils of dust are exposed to sight in the flanks, and near the base of the great quartz-vein: we should never have been able to remove the barren upper capping.

    The Land of Midian — Volume 1 Richard Francis Burton 1855

  • At foot of Abú Sháar Pass, aneroid 28.80; at foot of quartz-vein (wall), 28.50.

    The Land of Midian — Volume 2 Richard Francis Burton 1855

  • The Wady Mulaybij shows fine specimens of mica dorí in the quartz-vein streaking the slate: it deceived all the caravan, save those who tested it with their daggers.

    The Land of Midian — Volume 2 Richard Francis Burton 1855

  • Drilling has cut multiple quartz-vein structures down-dip and on-strike of the known zone.

    Business Wire Travel News 2010

  • Characteristics of the gold system are consistent with a porphyry gold system, and include disseminated gold in rocks containing hydrothermal biotite, "A-type" quartz-vein stockworks and elevated molybdenum and copper contents.

    Marketwire - Breaking News Releases 2010

  • Characteristics of the gold system are consistent with a porphyry gold system, and include disseminated gold in rocks containing hydrothermal biotite, "A-type" quartz-vein stockworks and elevated molybdenum and copper contents.

    Marketwire - Breaking News Releases 2010

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