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Record 1 2017-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

... a fine-grained, sugary texture.

CONT

Aplitic and micrographic textures in granitic rocks associated with porphyry deposits are the result of pressure-quench crystallization related to the rapid escape of the ore fluids ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
DEF

Structure d'une roche dans laquelle les minéraux sont finement granulaires.

CONT

Texture aplitique : les minéraux sont très petits, à peine visibles à l'œil nu (inframillimétriques) [...]

CONT

Les textures aplitiques et micrographiques des roches granitiques associées aux gîtes porphyriques résultent de la cristallisation de refroidissement rapide par dépressurisation provoquée par l'échappement rapide des fluides minéralisateurs [...]

Spanish

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