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Meaning of saddle reef | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A mineral deposit associated with the crest of an anticlinal fold and following the bedding planes, usually found in vertical succession, especially the gold-bearing quartz veins of Australia.
  2. An opening at the crest of a sharp fold in sedimentary rocks, occupied by ore.
  3. A saddle-shaped bedded mineral (usually gold-bearing quartz) vein occurring along the crest of an anticline or (less common) a syncline (an inverted saddle).
    Australia

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

saddle ring saddle roof saddle seat saddle shoe saddle soap saddle sore

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