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pabelldn nm pavilion (of a precious stone) paco nm [Bol, Pe] gossan, oxidized or partly oxidized ore of a reddish color | [Ch] silver chloride ore pacoso,-sa adj [Pe] oxidized, gossany pack nm pack ice pachamanca nf [Pe] a small reverboratory furnace pachapampa nf [Pe] ore cobbed from waste pachas nfpl [Pe] gypsum padrastal nm sterile vein cutting a mineralized vein padre del sal nm crystalline selenite padrdn nm register of a denounced (filed) claim pago nm payment | p en production production payment loan paigeita nf vonsenite paila nf large pan | p. de amalgamation amalgamating pan pais nm country | p. bajo flatland | p. marginal borderland paisaje nm landscape paja quemada nf [Potosi, Bol] plumosite which resembles burnt straw pajaro minero nm [Vz] a species of bird which was thought to be a sure indicator of placer gold pajuela nf ore that glitters | pajuela de oro grains of gold pala nf shovel | [Mex] treading oftorta by foot in the patio process of amalgamation of silver ores | p. de turbero peat cutter palacra or palacrana nf nugget of native gold | gold ingot paladio nm palladium paladioarseniuro nm palladioarsenide paladiobismutoarseniuro nm palladiobismutharsenide palagonizacidn nf palagonization palaita nf hureaulite palasita nf pallasite palasomo nm palasome palatiense adj Palatinian, Pfalzian paleador nm shoveller paleaduro nm shovelling paleaje nm shovelling palear vtr to shovel paleoacuifero nm paleoaquifer paleoambiente nm paleoenvironment paleoautoctono nm paleoautochthon paleobatimetrico,-ca adj paleobathymetric paleobotanica nf paleobotany paleocanal nm paleochannel paleocarstnm paleokarst paleocenico,-ca adj Paleocene paleoceno,-na adj Paleocene | nm Paleocene paleoclima nm paleoclimate paleoclimatko,-ca adj paleoclimatic paleoclimatoldico/-ca adj paleoclimatologic paleoclimatologia nf paleoclimatology paleodrenaje nm paleodrainage paleoecuador nm paleoequator paleofiro nm paleophyre (obs, andesite) paleofitico,-ca adj paleophytological paleofitologia nf paleophytology paledgeno,-na adj Paleogene | nm Paleogene paleogeografia adj paleogeography paleogeografico,-ca adj paleogeographic paleogeoldgico,-ca adj paleogeologic paleogeomorfologia nf paleogeomorphology paleohidrologia nf paleohydrology paleolatitudino nm paleolatitude paleolimnologia nf paleolimnology paleolitoldgico,-ca adj paleolithologic paleomagnetico,-ca adj paleomagnetic paleomagnetismo nm paleomagnetism paleorelieve nm paleorelief paleontologia nf paleontology paleontoldgico,-ca adj paleontological paleontdlogo,-ga nm and nf paleontologist paleosalinidad nf paleosalinity paleosol nm paleosol | hard ground paleotectdnico,-ca adj paleotectonic paleotermal adj paleothermal paleotermometria nf paleothermometry paleotopofraffa nf paleotopography paleoviento nm paleowind paleovolcanico,-ca adj paleovolcanic, pre- Tertiary paleovulcanologia nf paleovolcanology paleozoico,-ca adj Paleozoic | nm Paleozoic palero nm shoveller paleta nf small shovel | [Alicante, Sp] tool for breaking up and lifting thin layers of precipitated salt paleta pa nf palstage palevento nm palevent paligorskita nf palygorskite palingenico,-ca adj palingenic p-1
palingenisis nf palingenesis palinologia nf paynology palinspatico,-ca adj palinspastic palita nf pallite, ferrian millesite palmo nm one quarter of a vara palse nm pingo palustre adj swampy palla nf a fixed amount of ore to be carried out of a mine by an apiri during a workshift | [Bol, Pe] hand sorted ore, hand sorting pallaco nm [Bol, Pe] a piece of ore found in tailings or waste heaps | tailings pallador nm [Bol, Pe] ore sorter pallaquear or pallar vtr to sort or pick pallacos from waste dumps | [Bol, Pe] to hand sort ore pallaqueo nm [Bol, Pe] hand-sorting of ore palliri nm a worker employed to sort ore (usually a woman) palldn nm assay button pampa nf pampa, a grassy plain panabas or panabasa nf [Pe] tetrahedrite, tennantite panal de rosa nm [Amazonas, Pe] gold-bearing quartz occuring in a stockwork (this ore was of less value than nusco as it was more difficult to extract and crush) pandermita nf priceite panetita nf panethite panidiomorfo,-fa adj idiomorphic panidiomorfo-granular adj idiomorphic panino nm [Mex] country rock (classified by miners according to strength: p muy blando rock easy to work but too soft to be timbered; p. blando soft rock that can and must be timbered; p. favorable ordinary ground worked by drilling and blasting; p. macizo and p. muy pacizo rock difficult or very difficult to work) | p. cenizo [Guadalcazar, M£x] clay stringers and pipes resembling moist bone ash closely associated with mercury mineralization paniso or panizo nm [Bol, Pe] altered rock, gangue, gouge | [Hualgtiyoc, Pe] feldspathic gangue | [Pataz, Pe] argillized feldspar rich rock associated with gold ore | [Ch, Pe] trachytic country rock | p. ahuesado, ahumado or verde [Chanarcillo, Pe] diabase sills intruding limestone pannoniense adj Pannonian pantalla nf [Bol] dike pantano nm swamp, marsh | depression where water collects P-2 pantanoso,-sa adj swampy papa nm nugget of native gold | nodule of any mineral | [Arg] nodule of ulexite found in saline marshes paquete nm complex, series | p. de estratos sedimentary complex | p. de mantos series of overthrust sheets parabituminoso,-sa adj parabituminous paracelsiano nm Paracelsian paraclasa nf fault paraconcordancia nf paraconformity paraconcordente adj paraconformable paracrisotil nf parachrysotile paracronologia nf parachronology parada nf [Me"x] work gang or crew, pare | p. a la carga crew paid by the load | p. de busca crew paid by proportion of ore worked | p. de hacienda or de obra crew paid by the day worked | p. rayada crew paid by eight hour shiftr worked paradiagenetico,-ca adj paradiagenetic paradiscordancia nf paraunconformity paraestratigrafia nf parastratigraphy paraestratigrafico,-ca adj parastratigraphic paraflna nf paraffin parafinico,-ca adj paraffinic paragenetico,-ca adj paragenetic parageosinclinal nm parageosyncline paragneis nm paragneiss paragon nm paragon (variety of diamond) paralelo,-la adj parallel | nm parallel | gallery driven paralel to a main gallery paraliageosinclinal nm paraliageosyncline paralico,-ca adj paralic, marginal paraloctono nm parallochthon paramagnetico,-ca adj paramagnetic paramagnetismo nm paramagnetism paramento nm face of hewn stone paramera nf desert | altiplano parametrico,-ca adj parametric parametro nm parameter paramilla nf [Ch] low range of mountains pa'ramo nm altiplano paramorfismo nm paramorphism paramorfo nm paramorph paradndula nf para-ripple pararizadura nf para-ripple parasitico,-ca adj parasitic paratectonico,-ca adj paratectonic | nm paratectordcs, Germanotype tectonics paratelurita nf paratellu rite
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adj adv Aig Ariz BC Bol Br Calif CA
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manzana (Argentina) manzana (Costa
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or pies. The legua is also sometime
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Paraguay Peru Santo Domingo Spain U
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Sources Consulted Fuentes Consultad
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aalenenseadj Aalenian | nm Aalenian
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or any other steel grey silver mine
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Pattison process for separating sil
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deepening | shaft dug to establish
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altiplanicie nf high plateau, table
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anomaly | a. gravimetrica gravity a
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aeolian sand | a. esqueleal skeleta
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assemblage asociar a vtr to associa
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lue | «. de cobalto cobalt blue |
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arranquilla nf [Mex] gully barreal
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dlido nm meteorite bolo nm [Col] a
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cabalgar vtr to overlap | to thrust
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calorifico,-ca adj calorific calori
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menudo small coal | c. mineral coal
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cebo nm [Me"x] smelter charge | [Co
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cleavage | c. paralelo bedding clea
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compresidn nf compression | c. isot
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kinematic symmetry cleavage | c. de
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cribado,-da adj cribate, cribiform
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intrusive body | c. magmdtico boss,
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vein, mine selectively chchipa or c
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D dacitico,-ca nf dacitic danense a
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Page 59 and 60: dicroita nf dichroite dicroismo nm
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Page 63 and 64: escala nf scale | e. de dureza hard
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Page 67 and 68: fabrica nf fabric (petrographic) |
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Page 71 and 72: gabarro nm xenolith | nodular fragm
Page 73 and 74: granalla nf small grains of metal,
Page 75 and 76: H haba nf nodule | nodular (bean-li
Page 77 and 78: horizonte nm bed, layer, stratum |
Page 79 and 80: depth meter indicatriz nf indicatri
Page 81 and 82: isodina nf isomagnetic line isodina
Page 83 and 84: cage jayet nm jet jazido nm layer,
Page 85 and 86: keratospilita nf keratospilite (obs
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Page 89 and 90: litro nm liter lixivacidn nf leachi
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Page 101 and 102: N nacarado,-da adj pearly, nacreous
Page 103 and 104: proustite nddulo nm nodule | [Col]
Page 105 and 106: oligoceno,-na adj Oligocene | nm Ol
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Page 115 and 116: pentlandite | p. magnetica pyrrhoti
Page 117 and 118: inclinado inclined fold | p. incomp
Page 119 and 120: posmagm£tico,-ca adh postmagmatic
Page 121 and 122: pseudobrecha nf pseudobreccia pseud
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Page 125 and 126: ayano,-na adj bordering, adjacent r
Page 127 and 128: emanso nm pool of still water | bac
Page 129 and 130: iqueza nf riches | richness | nfpl
Page 131 and 132: saaliense adj Saalian sa'bado nm a
Page 133 and 134: sedentario,-ria adj sedentary sedif
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Page 137 and 138: granalla adamantine shot drilling |
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Page 147 and 148: u ubicacion nf location, position,
Page 149 and 150: varva nf varve | v. de arcilla glac
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Page 153 and 154: xairo,-ra adj [Col] skew, oblique x
Page 155 and 156: yodado,-da adj iodized | containing
Page 157 and 158: caldfera calcium zeolite | z. de Bo
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side of a vein, (this is, of course
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