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saddle reefs

saddle reefs is the plural of saddle reef.

Meaning of saddle reef

Noun

saddle reef (plural saddle reefs)

  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. (Australia) 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).

Questions about saddle reefs

What is saddle reefs the plural of?
Saddle reefs is the plural of saddle reef.

Words near saddle reefs in the dictionary

  1. saddle point
  2. saddle points
  3. saddle quern
  4. saddle querns
  5. saddle reef
  6. saddle reefs
  7. saddle ring
  8. saddle rings
  9. Saddle River
  10. Saddle Rock
  11. saddle roof

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