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English: Diagram of mineral deposits in a fault, in this case a fissure in slate. Solutions with dissolved minerals follow the long fault from a deep interior point to a point where the dissolved minerals precipitate resulting in symmetric layers of minerals within the two walls of the fault.

Date

published 1911

Source

Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), v. 18, 1911, “Mineral Deposits,” p. 508.

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Unknown author

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This image comes from the 13^th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica or earlier. The copyrights for that book have expired in the United States because the book was first published in the US with the publication occurring before January 1, 1929. As such, this image is in the public domain in the United States.

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