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PEALIKE IRON [1 record]

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Record 1 1999-04-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Iron and Manganese Mining
OBS

pisolitic : Pertaining to ... the texture of a rock made up of pisoliths or pealike grains ...

Key term(s)
  • pealike iron
  • pea-like iron

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mines de fer et de manganèse
CONT

Le fer pisolitique continental, fait de globules de limonite de 3 à 10 mm environ, brun ou ocre, montrant des enveloppes concentriques d'accroissement, tantôt épars, tantôt réunis par un ciment argileux, sableux ou limonitique, forme, à la surface de certains plateaux calcaires, des placages irréguliers et peu épais; il y remplit aussi des poches et des fentes de dissolution.

Key term(s)
  • fer pisolithique

Spanish

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