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BECOME EPIGENIZED [1 record]

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Record 1 2001-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
  • Geochemistry
  • Erosion and Weathering (Geol.)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
  • Géochimie
  • Érosion et corrosion (Géologie)
CONT

L'épigénisation ou authigénisation est l'apparition d'un nouveau minéral ou la recristallisation sans changement de composition d'un minéral préexistant, postérieurement au dépôt. Ainsi, l'aragonite, instable, s'épigénise en calcite avec augmentation de volume de 8,25%. [...] L'aragonite ne s'épigénise que très lentement en calcite à la température ordinaire [...]

CONT

Certains tests de fossiles primitivement moulés en aragonite peuvent subir une épigénie totale [...]

Spanish

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