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Record 1 2004-05-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
OBS

Such terms as "microdiorite", microgranite", and "microsyenite" are used by Hatchand Wells for rocks with grain diameters between 0.5 and 0.05 mm.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
DEF

Roche hypo-abyssique de même composition que la syénite, mais à texture porphyrique, microgrenue, quelquefois pegmatitique.

CONT

Microsyénites, microdiorites, microgabbros.

Spanish

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