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GRAINED ROCK [1 record]

Record 1 2017-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
OBS

granular: ... The term ... is especially used to describe holocrystalline igneous rocks whose major-phase grain size ranges from 2 to 10 mm.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
DEF

[...] roche (plutonique et, parfois, métamorphique) entièrement formée de cristaux de taille voisine, tous visibles à l'œil nu.

OBS

«Roche grenue» est synonyme de «roche cristalline», depuis que la deuxième expression ne s'applique plus aux roches formées de cristaux non visibles à l'oeil nu.

Spanish

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