Oreforming
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The process of forming an ore. uncountable
"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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From ore + forming.
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