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MINERALOGIC COMPOSITION [1 record]

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Record 1 2006-03-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
  • Petrography
CONT

Composition: The makeup of a rock in terms of the species and number of minerals present; mineralogic composition.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
  • Pétrographie
CONT

Leur «composition minéralogique», c'est-à-dire la nature des minéraux principaux qui s'y rencontrent.

CONT

Un aspect particulièrement important de la pétrologie concerne les changements de composition minéralogique - c'est-à-dire les changements de la nature des phases [...]

CONT

La composition minéralogique des différentes lamelles des tests de Foraminifères est connue par des spectres de vibrations moléculaires [...]

CONT

Les batholites granitiques peuvent émettre des apophyses et filons [...] dont la constitution minéralogique est un peu différente.

Spanish

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