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CRYSTAL ORIENTATION [1 record]

Record 1 2011-04-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

In describing crystal form and symmetry, the placing of the crystal so that its crystallographic axes are in the conventional position.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
CONT

Ces schistes sont caractérisés par un débit plus ou moins facile en feuillets, dû soit à une fracturation, soit à une orientation des cristaux de la roche parallèlement à ses plans de clivage.

Spanish

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