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Record 1 2011-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

A granitic rock composed mainly of quartz and alkali feldspar, with few dark mineral components.

OBS

The term derives from the name of the Alaskan Peninsula, where the mineral was first observed. It is associated with rare-metal and rare-earth deposits. In the USSR alaskites are found in Middle Asia, the Caucasus, and the Transbaikal region. Alaskite is used as facing stone.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
DEF

Roche plutonique contenant plus de 95 pour cent de quartz, de feldspath potassique et d'albite, avec peu ou pas de constituants mafiques.

CONT

[...] Varlamoff (1956) observe des transitions entre pegmatites et filons de quartz par l'intermédiaire de filons de quartz à microcline. De telles roches filoniennes intermédiaires ont été nommées «alaskites» par Spurr (1923).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Petrografía
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