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PERALUMINOUS ROCK [1 record]

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Record 1 2004-05-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Geochemistry
DEF

An igneous rock in which there is a greater proportion of aluminum oxide than sodium and potassium oxides combined.

CONT

Aluminous minerals such as topaz and biotite ... are more typically associated with peraluminous rocks ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Géochimie
CONT

Les roches hyperalumineuses (latérites, bauxites) conduisent à la formation d'émeris [...]

CONT

Les minéraux alumineux tels que la topaze et la biotite [...] sont le plus souvent associés à des roches hyperalumineuses [...]

Spanish

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