noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A system of working in ore, etc., when it lies not in strata or veins, but in solid masses, so as to be worked in chambers or stories.
2. 2
   A metalliferous deposit characterized by the impregnation of the mass of rock with many small veins or nests irregularly grouped, especially common with tin ore.

Etymology

German Stockwerk.

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