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Record 1 2021-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

An irregular streak or mass in igneous rock differing transitionally from its surroundings in texture or composition, and [usually] elongated by flow.

CONT

The disseminated ores consist of droplets, schlieren, and fine sulphide veinlets dispersed through picritic, taxitic, and contact gabbro-dolerite in the lower portions of the intrusions ...

OBS

schliere: term usually used in the plural form.

Key term(s)
  • schlieren

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
DEF

Alignement de petites zones elliptiques, ou de bandes lenticulaires de quelques décimètres ou quelques mètres d'allongement, se distinguant sur le fond général du granite par leur composition plus aplitique ou plus foncée.

CONT

La minéralisation disséminée consiste en gouttelettes, schlierens et fins filonnets de sulfures dispersés dans les unités de gabbro-dolérite picritique, de gabbro-dolérite taxitique et de gabbro-dolérite de contact de la partie inférieure des intrusions [...]

OBS

schliere : terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • schlieren

Spanish

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