Meaning of hostrock | Babel Free

Definitions

Noun. [B2]

Examples

“According to the nature of the hostrock, the Sheeted Intrusive Complex has been subdivided into the Diabase or the Basal Group. In the latter the hostrock is pillow lava, this being the olnly difference between them.”

“Before becoming physically concentrated within streams, specks of gold-silver alloy are disseminated within a hostrock which may be of any rock type.”

“Hostrock identified as quartzite may indicate silicification of pelitic country rock.”

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