paragenesis

A Dictionary of Earth Sciences | 1999 | 200 words | Copyright

paragenesis From the Greek para (‘beside’) and gen (‘be produced’), a particular assemblage of minerals all of which formed at the same time. See also PARAGENETIC SEQUENCE.

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