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zabaleta nf [Linares, Sp] ash-pit of a furnace zaborra nf paving stone | gravel, grit | screenings | fragments zaborro nm [Sp] chunk of plaster zaca nf a large leather bag, like an oversize wine-skin (zaque) used to bail water out of a mine zafareche nm lake | reservoir zafir nm archaic spelling of zafiro zafireo,-ea adj sapphire-colored zafirino,-na adj sapphirine, sapphire-colored | nf blue chalcedony or agate zafirita nf a variety of blue chalcedony zafiro nm sapphire | ultramarine, lapis lazuli | z. amarillo yellow topaz, oriental topaz | z. asteria star sapphire | z. azul blue hyaline corundum | z. azul hembra light blue hyaline corundum | z. azul macho dark blue hyaline corundum | z. blanco colorless sapphire, white sapphire | z. calcedonioso milky blue sapphire | z. de agua gem cordierite | z. del Brasil blue tourmaline, indicolite | z. Du Puy Du Puy sapphire (from Expailly, near Du Puy, France) | z, estrellado sapphire with asterism | z. falso pink tourmaline | z. girasol girasol sapphire | z. ojo de gato cat's-eye sapphire | z. oriental light blue sapphire, oriental sapphire | z. rojo oriental ruby, red corundum | z. verdadero saffire | z. verde oriental emerald, green hyaline corundum | z. violeta oriental amethyst, violet hyaline corundum zafra nf gangue, waste rock zafre nm zaffer or zaffre, an oxide of cobalt zafrero nm common laborer in a mine (usually applied to muckers) zagalone nm [Cartagena and Almagrera, Sp] youth employed as an orebearer zahen adj of fine gold, generally in the case of coinage zahena nf doubloon, an old Spanish coin zahondar vtr to sink | vintr to deepen zahorra nf ballast stone zala nf borax zamarra nf slab | bloom of a Catalonian forge zamboninita nf mixture of fluorite and sellaite | nontronite zambullidor nm [Col] workman who dives underwater to recover auriferous gravels Z-l zambullir vtr [Col] to extract auriferous gravels from a streambed by diving, with the assistance of ladders, poles etc., the gravels usually being collected in bateas for washing zancleano,-na nm/adj Zanclean zangarro nm [Asientos, Me"x] small mill zanja nf ditch, channel, trench | trench, cutting, or pit, such as those dug to prospect for ores | [Arg, PR] ravine, gully | z. de exploration test trench | z. de lodo mud pit | z. de prestamo borrow pit zanjadora nf ditching machine, ditcher zanjar vtr to dig a ditch or trench (note: used figuratively, zanjar means to overcome some difficulty or obstacle) zanjeador nm ditch digger zanjeadora nf ditcher zanjear vtr to dig a ditch zanjeo nm ditching, ditch digging | underhand s toping zanjdn nm large or deep ditch or trench | [Arg] steep gully | [PR] solution corridor zanoga nf glacial cirque zapa nf sapping, undermining, or trenching as military engineers did in the days of seige warfare | intermediate galleries driven between main galleries zapadora nf excavator zapapico nm pick-axe, mattock zapar vtr to undermine | to excavate zaranda nf sieve, screen, or riddle, either used by hand (de mano) or mechanical zarandado,-da adj sieved, screened zarandador,-dora nm/nf screener, siever zarandar vtr to sift, sieve, screen zarandear vtr to sift, sieve, screen zarandeo nm sifting sieving, or screening | z. grosero rough screening zarandero,-ra nm or nf sifter, screen tender zarandillo nm small sieve zarco,-ca adj light blue zarda nf [Arg] a type of bit used for drilling wells zarzo nm roof timber in a mine zemorriense nm/adj Zemorrian zenit nm zenith zenital adj azimuthal zeofilita nf zeophyllite zeolita nf zeolite | z. azul lazulite | z. baritica barium zeolite | z. bronceada dark stilbite | z. calcica calcium zeolite | z. cubica chabazite | z.
caldfera calcium zeolite | z. de Borkhult zeolitized anorthite | z. de Bretana laumontite | z. de Edelfors edelforsite | z. de Sudermania spodumene | z. de Suecia spodumene | z. del Cabo prehnite | z. dura analcime | z. ferrica iron zeolite | z. harinosa laumontite | z. manganesica manganese zeolite | z. nacarada stilbite | z. potasica potassium zeolite | z. radiada mesolite | z. roja edelforsite | z. sodica sodium zeolite | z. sodicalda sodium-calcium zeolite zeolitico,-ca adj zeolitic zeolitizacidn nf zeolitization zermattita nf chiysotile | antigorite zeugira nf metabrushite zeuxita nf acicular ferrous tourmaline zeylanita nf ceylonite zeyringita nf calcite | aragonite zeyssatita nf randanite zianita nf kyanite ziguelina nf a brick-red var cuprite (mixed with limonite) | dolomite with finely disseminated cinnabar zigzag nm zigzag | en z. staggered zigzaguear vtr to zigzag zillerita nf tremolite-actinolite asbestos (var mountain cork) zillerthita nf tremolite-actinolite asbestos (var mountain cork) zimapanita nf zimapanite (a rejected mineral species) zinalsita nf zinalsite zinc nm zinc | z. carbonatado smithsonite | z. electrotermico electrothermic zinc | z. hidrocarbonatado hydrozincite, calamine | z. oxidado silidfero calamine, hydrozincite zincaluminita nf zincaluminite zincazurita nf mixture of zinc sulfates and copper carbonates zincifero,-ra adj zinc-bearing/ zinciferous zincobotriogen nm zincobotryogen zincocalcita nf zinc calcite zincoferrita nf franklinite zincolivenita nf zinc olivine zinconisa nf hydrozincite, calamine zincoschefferita nf zinc schefferite zincosita nf zinc sulfate zincoso,-sa adj zincous zincrodocrosita nf zinc rhodochrosite zincromerita nf zinc romerite zincsiderita nf zinc siderite Z-2 zincteallita nf mixture of teallite and wurtzite zinkaragonito nm nicholsonite zinkboothita nf zinc boothite zinkhausmannita nf hetairite zinkisa nf tin sulfide zinkita nf zincite zinkmelanterita nf zinc melanterite zinkosita nf zinc sulfate zinkphyllita nf hopeite zinntitanita nf stanniferous sphene zinopel nm red jasper mixed with gold-bearing pyrite zinque nm zinc (archaic spelling) ziquitumba nf dewatering of a mine by hand labor zircarbita nf zirconium carbonate zircofilita nf zircophyllite zircdn nm zircon | z. favas baddeleyite zirconiana nf zincan syenite zirconio nm zirconium zirconita nf zircon zircdn-jacinto nm rosembuschite zircdn-pectolita nm rosembuschite zirconolita nf zirkelite zircosulfato nm zircosulfate zirkita nf mixture of zircon and baddeleyite zirkofilita nf zircophyllite zirlita nf allophane ziszds nm zigzag | en z. staggered zoantariense nm Zoantarian zoblitzita nf serpentine zdcalo nm basement, continental platform | z. continental continental shelf, continental plain | z. estable table shelf or platform | z. insular insular shelf | z. Idbil tectonically formed platform or shelf | z. liminar continental plain zocollar vtr [Ec] to clear land (preparatory to mining) zoesita nf fossiliferous chalcedony zoisitaoligoclasapegmatita nf oligoclase zoisite pegmatite zona nf zone. | area (as in la zona estudiada 'the study area 1) | region, belt (as in zona mineralizada 'mineralized region' or Ijelt.') | layer or band of mineral in a vein (as in zonas de cuarzo, 'quartz bands') | z. abisal abyssal zone | z. abismal abyssal zone | z. aciete-agua oil-water contact | z. aclinal aclinal area | z. afotica aphotic zone | z. alterada [seis] weathered zone | z. batial bathyal zone | z.
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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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descubrir vtr to discover desdoblar
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dicroita nf dichroite dicroismo nm
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eclimometro nm clinometer econometr
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escala nf scale | e. de dureza hard
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maxima versimilitud maximum-likelih
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fabrica nf fabric (petrographic) |
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flecha nf deflection flexibilidad n
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gabarro nm xenolith | nodular fragm
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granalla nf small grains of metal,
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H haba nf nodule | nodular (bean-li
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horizonte nm bed, layer, stratum |
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depth meter indicatriz nf indicatri
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isodina nf isomagnetic line isodina
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cage jayet nm jet jazido nm layer,
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keratospilita nf keratospilite (obs
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[Serrata de Lorca, Sp] bed of nativ
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litro nm liter lixivacidn nf leachi
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llinqui w/[Sandia, Pe] clayey, ster
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| pooling of properties to obtain a
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containing 50 to 60 ounce per ton s
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minal adj pertaining to a mine mina
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muestreo nm sampling multicolineali
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N nacarado,-da adj pearly, nacreous
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proustite nddulo nm nodule | [Col]
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Page 111 and 112: pedrero nm stone cutter | [Ch] ston
Page 113 and 114: petrofa>brico,-ca adj fabric | nm f
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: yodado,-da adj iodized | containing
Page 159: side of a vein, (this is, of course
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