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Record 1 2016-02-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
  • Jewellery
DEF

A fossil bone or tooth colored deep blue by iron phosphate (vivianite), and rarely green by copper, and resembling turquoise, such as that from the tusks of mammoths found in Siberia.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
  • Joaillerie et bijouterie
DEF

[...] phosphate hydraté d'aluminium provenant de dents et d'ossements fossiles.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Mineralogía
  • Artículos de joyería
DEF

Fosfato hidratado de aluminio, procedente de dientes y huesos fósiles [...]

OBS

[La odontolita] también se llama "turquesa falsa", pues tiene composición y colorido parecidos a dicha piedra y constituye una gema de calidad inferior empleada, como ella, en joyería.

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