Hermaphrodite (geology)

In geology and in miners' language, a hermaphrodite is used to denote a rock formation in granite - sticks that are connected to greisen . These are fine-grained and little transformed tin deposits , of little thickness . Larger "stick" -like occurrences of this type are the so-called "hermaphrodite" or "hermaphrodite". These deposits often contain significant ore reserves.

The name comes from the Ore Mountains (15th century). At that time the tin dioxide cassiterite ( ) was thought to be a hybrid of ore and rock. ${\displaystyle SnO_{2}}$

literature

• Hans Murawski & Wilhelm Meyer: Geological dictionary . 10., rework. u. exp. Ed., 278, Enke Verlag, Stuttgart 1998 ISBN 3-432-84100-0 .

See also

• Impregnation (geology)

Web links

• Mining in the Ore Mountains - Explanation of the term hermaphrodite
• Martin Okrusch, Siegfried Matthes: Mineralogy An Introduction to Special Mineralogy, Petrology and Depository Studies . 8th edition. Springer Verlag, 2010, ISBN 978-3-540-78201-8 , pp. 317 ( limited preview in the Google book search - description using the example of the Altenberg tin ore deposit).