Definitions from Wiktionary (saddle reef)

▸ noun:  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.
▸ noun:  An opening at the crest of a sharp fold in sedimentary rocks, occupied by ore.
▸ noun:  (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).


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