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Record 1 2011-08-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

A quartz diorite porphyry containing zoned andesine and hornblende.

OBS

Named from Esterel, France.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
DEF

[Microdiorite quartzique type,] (...) on y distingue des phénocristaux zonés d'andésine, des aiguilles de hornblende et des granules de pyroxène qui flottent dans une pâte microgrenue quartzo-feldspathique.

CONT

La microdiorite quartzifère ou porphyre bleu de l'Estérel, ou encore estérellite, est une roche d'un gris bleuté avec des phénocristaux de plagioclases (andésine) et d'amphibole (hornblende).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Petrografía
DEF

Microdiorita en la cual un elemento de cuarzo y de andesita une fenocristales de cuarzo, andesita y hornablenda; localmente puede convertirse en dacita.

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