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OVERSATURATED ROCK [1 record]

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Record 1 2001-09-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

An igneous rock containing quartz or its non-crystalline equivalent, e.g. granite.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
DEF

Roche magmatique à l'intérieur de laquelle le quartz est abondant.

OBS

La notion de saturation [...] prend en compte l'expression minéralogique de la richesse en SiO2. Ainsi une roche à quartz est dite «sursaturée» (sous-entendu en silice), une roche sans quartz ni feldspathoïdes (minéraux pauvres en Si) est «saturée», une roche à feldspathoïdes «sous-saturée».

Spanish

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