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Record 1 1992-04-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
DEF

Said of a mineral that can be cut with a knife; e.g. argentite.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
CONT

[...] un minéral peut être cassant [...] ou tenace (...); il peut être malléable (métaux natifs), parfois sectile s'il peut être coupé en copeaux; il peut être flexible s'il peut être courbé (gypse), et élastique si, après avoir été courbé, il revient à sa forme initiale (mica).

CONT

Comme l'or est lourd [...], mou et sectile, donc sujet à usure par abrasion, des particules très fines et de dimensions colloïdales se forment très abondamment dans la nature [...]

Spanish

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