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METEORITE [1 record]

Record 1 2004-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astronomy
  • Petrography
DEF

Any meteroid that has fallen to the Earth's surface in one piece or in fragments without being completely vaporised by intense frictional heating during its passage through the atmosphere ...

CONT

Diamonds ... are found in ... high pressure mantle xenoliths, high pressure metamorphic rocks, and also meteorites and their impact structures.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astronomie
  • Pétrographie
DEF

Fragment rocheux ou métallifère, venant de l'espace et atteignant la terre.

CONT

Les diamants se rencontrent dans [...] des xénolites mantelliques et des roches métamorphiques formés à des pressions élevées, ainsi que dans des météorites et leurs structures d'impact.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Astronomía
  • Petrografía
DEF

Meteoro caído en la superficie terrestre o lunar. Al atravesar la atmósfera terrestre, se calienta hasta la incandescencia, dando lugar a la observación de una estela meteorítica o estrella fugaz.

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