Cat-floating - Cat-floating

Japanese: ねこ流し - ねこながし
Cat-floating - Cat-floating
A method of mineral dressing. Sandy ore is repeatedly washed down a wide trough with straw mats (called neko or nekoda) at the bottom, and the target minerals are deposited at the bottom. This is a primitive gravity dressing method that has been used since ancient times to collect gold and iron sand.
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Japanese:
選鉱法の一つ。底にむしろ(ねこ,ねこだと呼ぶ)などを張った幅の広い樋(とい)に砂状鉱石を水とともに繰り返し流下させ,比重の小さい脈石を流し去り,目的鉱物を底に堆積させる方法。古くから行われてきた原始的な比重選鉱法で,砂金,砂鉄などの採取に用いられた。
→関連項目砂金

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