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oreforming

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Etymology

From ore + forming.

Noun

oreforming (uncountable)

  1. (geology) The process of forming an ore.
    • 2009 February 6, Jamie J. Wilkinson et al., “Anomalously Metal-Rich Fluids Form Hydrothermal Ore Deposits”, in Science, volume 323, number 5915, →DOI, pages 764–767:
      Accepting that hydrothermal ores may form specifically from anomalously metal-rich batches of fluid implies geochemically specialized source regions and an episodicity and potentially short duration of oreforming events that may be controlled by changes in hydrology.
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