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Dictionary of Spanish Mining Terms - 1ORO1.COM

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A DICTIONARY OF<br />

QUEMADOR, Mex. (1) the burner or director <strong>of</strong> the magistral (Lyon) ;<br />

(2) Guadalcazar, S. L. Pot. calciner <strong>of</strong> mercury ores, see mercurio<br />

(2).<br />

QUEMADURA, (1) burning ; (2) burn (from an explosion, etc.).<br />

QUEMAR, (1) to roast ore, see tostar ; (2) to calcine ore, see calcinar ;<br />

(3) to retort amalgam, see evaporar ; (4) q. piedra,<br />

and then drop it in water, in order to break it up easily<br />

to heat a stone<br />

; (5) to<br />

blast a hole, see tirar (1).<br />

QUEMAZ6N, (1) Pachuca, Hid. Mex. the upper zone <strong>of</strong> the silver ores<br />

in which the matrix consists <strong>of</strong> a mixture <strong>of</strong> minerals wherein man-<br />

ganese ores (psilomelane, pyrolusite and wad) predominate ; silver<br />

occurs in this zone as native, or as chloride, or chloro-bromide it is<br />

a var. <strong>of</strong> colorados, comp. pinta azul ; (2) Peru, outcrop (Dwight),<br />

see afloramiento.<br />

QUEME, see quema.<br />

QUENUA, Chile, a resinous tree, used as fuel (combustible), comp.<br />

yareta.<br />

QUESOS (cheeses), Mex. in the patio process, small cakes (tejos) <strong>of</strong> silver,<br />

resulting from smelting the sulphides [polvillos (3)] with litharge<br />

[greta (2)] in small clay furnaces or vasos (1), see plancha (1).<br />

QUICIAL, jamb <strong>of</strong> a door or window, see jamba.<br />

QUICIO, (1) hinge <strong>of</strong> a door ; a but-hinge, see bisagra ; (2) prop,<br />

support, see apoyo ; (3) Ant. Col. timb. sole-piece, see solera (3) ;<br />

(4) mech. bracket plummer-block ; collar <strong>of</strong> a shaft or pivot (Ponce<br />

de Leon), syn. rangua, comp. chumacera.<br />

QUIEBRA,.(1) the breaking up <strong>of</strong> ore, whether by hand or machinery,<br />

syn. quebrantadura, quebranto ; (2) a fault [see falla (1)], fracture<br />

or break in rocks, etc., syn. quebrantamiento, comp. hendedura,<br />

quebrazon ; (3) a depression in a cordillera or in a cuchilla (1), and<br />

generally comprised between two mountains [cerros (1)] or peaks<br />

[picos (6)] (Mufioz), comp. terrontera.<br />

QUEIBRAHACHA, (I) see jabi ; (2) Cuba, a kind <strong>of</strong> fir.<br />

QUIJADA (jaw), (1) rock-breaker, see quebrantador ; (2) quijadas,<br />

jaw-plates <strong>of</strong> (1) ; (3) quijadas, see u. ensamblado.<br />

QUIJO, gangue or vein-rock [matriz (1)] generally quartzose, comp.<br />

panizo (1); q. azucarado, Hualgayoc, Peru, very small transparent<br />

hexagonal crystals <strong>of</strong> quartz, covering crystals <strong>of</strong> barytes (Santolalla) ;<br />

q. podrido, Lima, Peru, porous quartz <strong>of</strong>ten containing gold.<br />

QUILATADOR, assayer <strong>of</strong> gold or silver, see ensayador.<br />

QUILATAR, to assay gold or silver, syn. aquilatar, see ensayar.<br />

QUILATE, (1) degree <strong>of</strong> purity <strong>of</strong> gold or precious stones ; (2) carat<br />

or twenty-fourth part <strong>of</strong> gold under assay or estimation, thus gold<br />

<strong>of</strong> 22 quilates contains ff <strong>of</strong> pure gold ; (3) carat (for precious<br />

stones), the 140th part <strong>of</strong> an ounce or 205 mg. (Acad.) = 3*077 grains<br />

in weight ; (4) a weight <strong>of</strong> 4 granos, the third part <strong>of</strong> a tomin or the<br />

144th part <strong>of</strong> an ounce.<br />

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