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saddle back reef

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saddle back reef (plural saddle back reefs)

  1. (mineralogy) A saddle reef: a saddle-shaped bedded mineral vein in the form of an anticline or a syncline (an inverted saddle).

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  • United States Bureau of Mines, Dictionary of Mining, Mineral, and Related Terms (1996).
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