Placer Deposit

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Deposit of minerals often in alluvial conditions, or on a beach, formed because of their high specific gravity or resistance to weathering.

Pellant, p. 251

Sources

  • Pellant, Chris. The Complete Book of Rocks and Minerals, Dorling Kindersley Inc.: New York (1995)