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CHERT [2 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2017-04-13
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Petrography
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- chert
1, record 1, English, chert
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Tough, compact, dull to semivitreous, opaque quartz rock composed predominantly of impure fine-grained chalcedony or microgranular quartz or of combinations of the two. 2, record 1, English, - chert
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[This rock is] often white or light gray but may be green, blue, pink, red, yellow, brown, or black and occurs as nodular segregations in limestones and dolomites and less commonly as extensive beds. 2, record 1, English, - chert
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Pétrographie
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- chaille
1, record 1, French, chaille
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Concrétion siliceuse dans une matrice calcaire à laquelle elle passe insensiblement et dont elle se détache difficilement. 2, record 1, French, - chaille
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Les chailles sont des silex brun clair encore partiellement calcaires (effervescence à l'acide), parfois spongieux et sans patine. 3, record 1, French, - chaille
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 CONT
En général, les chailles (opale, calcédoine, quartz) contiennent des spicules d'éponges, des quartz détritiques, et des témoins résiduels du calcaire, surtout en leur cœur [...] Par décalcification à l'air libre, elles prennent un aspect poreux ou caverneux. 2, record 1, French, - chaille
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 2016-02-18
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Petrography
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- chert
1, record 2, English, chert
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
- silexite 2, record 2, English, silexite
correct
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A hard, dense microcrystalline or cryptocrystalline sedimentary rock, consisting chiefly of interlocking crystals of quartz less than about 30 [micrometers] in diameter ... 3, record 2, English, - chert
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[This rock] has conchoidal fracture ... it may be an organic or inorganic precipitate or a replacement product. 3, record 2, English, - chert
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 OBS
... distinguished from flint by flat fracture, as opposed to conchoidal. 4, record 2, English, - chert
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 3 OBS
[Silexite is] composed essentially of quartz + hematite + alkali feldspar. 2, record 2, English, - chert
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 4 OBS
chert: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector. 5, record 2, English, - chert
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Pétrographie
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- chert
1, record 2, French, chert
correct, masculine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
- silexite 2, record 2, French, silexite
correct, feminine noun
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Roche sédimentaire siliceuse correspondant à un banc continu de silex. 3, record 2, French, - chert
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Les cherts sont des accidents siliceux en milieu siliceux, pauvres en éléments détritiques, à l'opposé des gaizes. Comme les chailles, elles semblent avoir une origine intra-sédimentaire. 4, record 2, French, - chert
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 CONT
Des silex on doit rapprocher les chailles opaques, brun clair; les silexites ou cherts; les meulières en partie creusées de cavités irrégulières, de couleur rouille ou fauve et formant souvent des bancs irréguliers. 5, record 2, French, - chert
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[La silexite est] composée essentiellement de quartz + hématite + feldspath alcalin. 6, record 2, French, - chert
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 OBS
chert : terme peu précis désignant des concrétions siliceuses que l'on rencontre en nodules, couches ou veines, au sein d'une autre roche. (Regroupe les chailles, silex, jaspes, etc.) 3, record 2, French, - chert
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 3 OBS
chert : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre. 7, record 2, French, - chert
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Petrografía
Record 2, Main entry term, Spanish
- silexita
1, record 2, Spanish, silexita
correct, feminine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 2, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Roca silícea, constituida por calcedonia, formada por sílice de origen orgánico [...] 1, record 2, Spanish, - silexita
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