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Record 1 1977-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
OBS

A name given to certain minerals previously called mountain cork and mountain leather (...). Many, but not all, pilolites are palygorskite.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
OBS

Le terme palygorskite apparaît donc ici comme celui d'un ensemble qui comporte, entre ses deux pôles [la sépiolite et la montmorillonite] des termes intermédiaires, lassalite, pilolite, dont l'usage s'est perdu.

Spanish

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