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BUCHITE [1 record]

Record 1 2013-08-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

A vitreous metamorphic rock produced by the contact action of basalt or by frictionmetamorphism.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
CONT

L'un des modes d'occurrence les plus inattendus de la cordiérite est celui des paralaves et des buchites, roches alumineuses, fondues par la combustion de veines de houille ou le voisinage de laves [...]

Spanish

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