saddle back reef

noun

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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Meanings

nounsaddle back reef (plural saddle back reefs)

plural saddle back reefs

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

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