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DENSE NONCRYSTALLINE TONSTEIN [1 record]

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Record 1 2012-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
OBS

This type [of] tonstein consists almost entirely of fine-grained kaolin groundmass, showing weak aggregate polarization, containing here and there isolated corroded crystals of kaolinite. Such bands are commonly more than 100 millimeters thick and light in color.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
DEF

Tonstein constitué presque entièrement d'une masse fondamentale de kaolinite à grains fins dont les agrégats, rarement enrobés de cristaux de kaolinite, donnent une polarisation faible. De teinte claire, ils ont habituellement plusieurs décimètres d'épaisseur.

Spanish

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