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accessory mineral

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accessory mineral [ak′ses·ə·rē ‚min·rəl]
(mineralogy)
A minor mineral in an igneous rock that does not affect its general character.


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Also, mineral separates are more commonly homogeneous than large crystals, yet they require more care in purification than the large crystals due to the presence of impurities and accessory minerals.
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Accessory minerals are quartz, fluorite, barite and calcite.
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The most likely accessory mineral is gold which may have originated in underlying Birimian basement which was later remobilized during a Late Proterozoic hydrothermal event associated with the Buem Formation volcanism.
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