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Several minerals and gems are specified to occur within '''alluvial layers'''. However, as of the current version of Dwarf Fortress ({{version|0.28.181.40d}}), no stone or soil layers are ''ever'' considered to be "alluvial".
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Several minerals, ores, and gems are specified to occur at least in part within '''alluvial layers'''. Alluvial stone is loose and unconsolidated stone that has been eroded away, smoothed down by water flow, and then redeposited in a non-marine setting. In this version of Dwarf Fortress, alluvial deposits '''do not appear''' under any circumstances - in later versions, they appear within [[sedimentary]] layers.
  
~''If''~ they were to exist, they would contain any of...
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Whether or not a particular [[stone]], [[gem]], or [[ore]] could hypothetically appear in the alluvial layer is controlled by the <tt>[ENVIRONMENT:ALLUVIAL:...]</tt> tag in its [[raw file]]s. Alluvial environments can contain [[cluster]]s of:
 
:*[[native gold]]
 
:*[[native gold]]
 
:*[[native platinum]]
 
:*[[native platinum]]
:*[[cassiterite]] (for [[tin]])
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:*[[cassiterite]]
:*jade [[gem]]s (blue, lavender, pink, white, and green)
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:*jade [[gem]]s ([[blue jade|blue]], [[lavender jade|lavender]], [[pink jade|pink]], [[white jade|white]], and [[green jade|green]])
  
[[Category:Stone Layers]]
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{{Category|Stone Layers}}

Latest revision as of 22:57, 17 June 2024

This article is about an older version of DF.

Several minerals, ores, and gems are specified to occur at least in part within alluvial layers. Alluvial stone is loose and unconsolidated stone that has been eroded away, smoothed down by water flow, and then redeposited in a non-marine setting. In this version of Dwarf Fortress, alluvial deposits do not appear under any circumstances - in later versions, they appear within sedimentary layers.

Whether or not a particular stone, gem, or ore could hypothetically appear in the alluvial layer is controlled by the [ENVIRONMENT:ALLUVIAL:...] tag in its raw files. Alluvial environments can contain clusters of: