contact vein
contact vein
[′kän‚takt ‚vān] (geology)
A variety of fissure vein formed by deposition of minerals in a fault fissure at a rock contact.
A replacement vein formed by mineralized solutions percolating along the more permeable surface areas of the contact.
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