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Record 1 2012-01-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

A hard or flint-like fire clay occurring as an unstratified massive rock, practically devoid of natural plasticity and showing a conchoidal fracture.

Key term(s)
  • flint fireclay

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
DEF

Argile dure, ou analogue au silex, se présentant sous l'aspect d'une roche massive, non stratifiée, pratiquement dépourvue de plasticité naturelle et à cassure conchoïdale.

OBS

Keller et ses collaborateurs (1953) décrivent les gisements de «flint-clays», c'est-à-dire des roches hautement kaoliniques, alumineuses et réfractaires du Missouri.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Petrografía
DEF

Arcilla compacta, dura, carente de plasticidad, con fractura concoidea, cuyo componente mayoritario es la caolinita ordenada y bien cristalizada y que en general contiene óxidos de hierro.

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