syngenetic
/ˌsɪndʒɪˈnɛtɪk
/adjective Geology
Relating to or denoting a mineral deposit or formation produced at the same time as the enclosing or surrounding rock: these ores are of syngenetic origin...
- Two terms that are still commonly encountered when discussing the classification of ore deposits are syngenetic and epigenetic.
- A syngenetic origin of sulphides was suggested by early workers, mainly based on the stratiform and stratabound occurrence of the sulphides in ironstone.
- Setting quartz inclusions (at least the protogenetic and syngenetic ones) apart from your standard-issue nine-to-five mineral is the fact that they are stuck inside another growing mineral (quartz).
- five
- five a day
- five-alarm
- five-and-dime
- five-and-dime store
- five-and-ten
- five-a-side
- five-corner
- five-corners
- five-door
- five-eighth
- five finger
- five-finger discount
- five-finger exercise
- five fingers
- fivefold
- five hundred
- five Ks
- Five Nations
- Five-O
- five o'clock shadow
- five-oh
- Five Pillars of Islam
- fiver
- fives