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Detrital deposit

A detrital deposit is a sedimentary deposit formed by the accumulation of certain minerals (e.g. gold, diamond, rutile, magnetite) transported by water after the parent rocks have been destroyed by erosion.

Rutile can form detritic deposits. © Reve errant, Flickr CC by nc-nd 2.0 Rutile can form detritic deposits. © Reve errant, Flickr CC by nc-nd 2.0

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