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NEPHELINITE [1 record]

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Record 1 2016-02-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

A dark, fine-grained or porphyritic igneous rock consisting primarily of nepheline and pyroxene ...

OBS

[Nephelinite] resembles basalt in general appearance.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
CONT

La néphélinite est une roche extrusive ou hypabyssale à grain fin ou porphyrique, de caractère basaltique, mais essentiellement composée de néphéline et de pyroxène (augite titanifère surtout), avec absence de feldspath.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Petrografía
DEF

Lava negra, compacta, a base de nefelina, augita y, a veces, olivino [...]

OBS

[...] contiene cristales de haüyna y noseana.

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