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opalized wood [1 record]

Record 1 2011-07-13

English

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

Wood petrified by siliceous earth, and acquiring a structure similar to that of opal.

CONT

In strongly oxidized portions of ore bodies uranium occurs as a large variety of secondary minerals, of which autunite, uranophane, carnotite, and torbernite are common in pore spaces, and as a constituent in clays, limonite, opaline wood, and phosphates.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Minéralogie
  • Géochimie
  • Érosion et corrosion (Géologie)
DEF

Bois fossile présentant des similitudes avec l'opale tout en conservant la structure du bois.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Petrografía
  • Mineralogía
  • Geoquímica
  • Erosión y corrosión (Geología)
CONT

El xilópalo no es sino madera fósil en la cual el fosilizante consiste en ópalo.

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