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RHYOLITE APHANITIQUE [1 record]

Record 1 2017-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
OBS

aphanitic: ... used to describe igneous rocks having such fine-grained nature that individual mineral constituents are not visible to the naked eye, but are visible under magnification.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
OBS

aphanitique : Se dit de roches magmatiques dont les cristaux ne sont pas visibles à l'œil nu (antonyme : phanéritique).

Spanish

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