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GABBROID [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 1999-09-14
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Mineralogy
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- ophitic texture
1, record 1, English, ophitic%20texture
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- doleritic texture 2, record 1, English, doleritic%20texture
correct, see observation, Europe
- basiophitic texture 2, record 1, English, basiophitic%20texture
avoid
- granitotrachytic texture 2, record 1, English, granitotrachytic%20texture
avoid
- gabbroid texture 2, record 1, English, gabbroid%20texture
avoid
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
... the texture of an igneous rock, especially diabase, in which lath-shaped plagioclase crystals are included in pyroxene crystals, typically augite. 3, record 1, English, - ophitic%20texture
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
doleritic: A preferred synonym of ophitic in European usage. 2, record 1, English, - ophitic%20texture
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS
basiophitic; granitotrachytic; gabbroid : nonpreferred synonyms [of ophitic]. 2, record 1, English, - ophitic%20texture
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Minéralogie
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- texture ophitique
1, record 1, French, texture%20ophitique
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- structure ophitique 2, record 1, French, structure%20ophitique
correct, feminine noun
- structure doléritique 3, record 1, French, structure%20dol%C3%A9ritique
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
[...] texture d'une dolérite à grands cristaux poecilitiques de pyroxènes. 4, record 1, French, - texture%20ophitique
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
La plupart des roches ayant la texture ophitique (grands cristaux de feldspaths formant une sorte de charpente) appartiennent à la famille du gabbro. 2, record 1, French, - texture%20ophitique
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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