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AIOUNITE [1 record]

Record 1 2012-01-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

An igneous rock composed of augite and biotite in a cryptocrystalline groundmass.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
CONT

L'aïounite, ainsi nommée par L. Duparc, est une melteigite à faciès lamprophyrique : roche sombre, avec une mésostase fine et foncée où se distinguent des phénocristaux de biotite hexagonale, augite titanifère, parfois hornblende.

Spanish

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