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Record 1 2013-08-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

... a sedimentary rock, formed by chemical or biological precipitation out of water.

OBS

It is dense, fine grained, and well laminated.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
OBS

[...] formées par précipitation directe de la dolomite [...]; elles sont disposées en lits séparés souvent par des argiles. On les rencontre fréquemment en liaison avec les évaporites.

Spanish

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