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outcrop part of a rock formation or mineral vein that appears at the surface of the earth outcrop [′au̇t‚kräp] (geology) Exposed stratum or body of ore at the surface of the earth. Also known as cropout. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Tudor, at the time, was lying in a stupor with fever in a late camp five miles away, the main camp having moved on those five miles in order to prospect an outcrop of likely quartz. He even climbed over the canon-lip to look along the brow of the hill for signs of the outcrop. Likewise Michael came to know what Harley Kennan never did know and always denied as existing on his ranch--the one rocky outcrop, in the dense heart of the mountain forest, where a score of rattlesnakes denned through the winters and warmed themselves in the sun. |
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