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MINERAL CONTRAINTE [1 record]

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Record 1 1999-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
DEF

[A mineral) whose formation in metamorphosed rocks ... was favored by shearing stress.

OBS

The term has become largely obsolete.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
DEF

[...] [minéral] stable en présence de tensions [...]

CONT

Du point de vue dynamique, on distingue les minéraux stress (stables à des contraintes orientées) et les minéraux antistress (instables à des tensions orientées).

CONT

L'andalousite est [...] un minéral antistress typique, tandis que la cyanite est un minéral stress.

Key term(s)
  • minéral de pression

Spanish

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