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LABRADOR FELDSPAR STONE [1 record]

Record 1 1998-11-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
OBS

A name applied by French petrologists to light-colored labradorite-rich basalt and by Soviet petrologists to a light-colored gabbro or norite.

OBS

Not to be confused with the mineral labradorite.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
DEF

Roche éruptive microlitique [...] formée de cristaux de labrador et de pyroxène dans une pâte vitreuse.

CONT

Les labradorites sont les correspondants microlitiques des gabbros sans olivine.

Spanish

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