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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A member of the charnockitic rock series consisting of oligoclase, microcline, quartz, hornblende, hypersthene... and a little clinopyroxene.  1, record 1, English, - farsundite

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

The term is also frequently used as a comprehensive name for granitic rocks of the Farsund area in Norway.  1, record 1, English, - farsundite

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A variety of alkali feldspar consisting of intergrowths in which the potassium-rich phase(usually microcline) appears to be the host from which the sodium-rich phase(usually albite) exsolved.  2, record 2, English, - perthite

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

The exsolved areas typically form strings, lamellae, blebs, films, or irregular veinlets.  2, record 2, English, - perthite

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Variété de feldspath orthose.  2, record 2, French, - perthite

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT

[...] à basse température, il y a immiscibilité entre les termes extrêmes (les ions K et Na ont des rayons ioniques qui diffèrent de plus de 15 %) et le milieu qui possède, par exemple, une composition de 60Or40Ab se consolide en un cristal hétérogène, appelé perthite [...]  3, record 2, French, - perthite

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

[...] les feldspaths mixtes Na-K nommés perthites ou antiperthites sont des associations à l'échelle minérale, non à l'échelle ionique.  4, record 2, French, - perthite

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Variedad de albita asociada con la ortosa [que] se encuentra en forma de cordones de granos gruesos.  1, record 2, Spanish, - pertita

Record 3,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS

A variety of microcline.  1, record 3, English, - chesterlite

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Variété de microcline.  1, record 3, French, - chesterlite

Record 3,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 4,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A coarse, hypidiomorphic-granular variety of nepheline syenite with a poikilitic texture, rich in sodalite, and containing microcline plus lesser amounts of albite, analcime, acmite, and sodium amphibole.  2, record 4, English, - naujaite

Record 4,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Roche à gros grain, formée de cristaux idiomorphes de sodalite englobés en très grand nombre dans de grandes aegyrines poecilitiques, d'arfvedsonite, de feldspath alcalin [ou] d'eudyalite.  2, record 4, French, - nauja%C3%AFte

Record 4,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 5,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A triclinic mineral of the feldspar group that is like orthoclase in composition.  2, record 5, English, - microcline

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Microcline is the form of potassium feldspar that is stable at the lowest temperatures. Its structure differs from that of orthoclase because of a different distribution of silicon and aluminum atoms in its aluminosilicate crystal framework.  3, record 5, English, - microcline

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 2 OBS

Chemical formula: KAlSi₃O₈  4, record 5, English, - microcline

Record 5,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Minéral (feldspath potassique) du système cristallin triclinique [...] à structure ordonnée, à macles répétées de l'albite et du péricline [que l'on] trouve dans de nombreuses roches magmatiques grenues ou métamorphiques.  2, record 5, French, - microcline

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Le microcline est absolument identique à l'orthose en caractère macroscopique. [...] l'orthose est sans doute un édifice multiple provenant d'une macle multiple très fine de microcline.  3, record 5, French, - microcline

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 2 OBS

Formule chimique : KAlSi₃O₈  4, record 5, French, - microcline

Record 5,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 6,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A feldspar rich in alkali metals (as potassium and/or sodium) but poor in calcium.  4, record 6, English, - alkali%20feldspar

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Alkali feldspars is the name for feldspars composed of Or and Ab in any ratio. Usually some An is present as a minor constituent. The amount of An that can be taken up by the alkali feldspars increases with the Ab/Or ratio.... There are many names for the different varieties of alkali feldspars, most of which are listed... below. Sanidine.... Microcline.... Orthoclase.... Albite.... Monalbite.... Analbite.... Perthite and antiperthite.... Anorthoclase.  5, record 6, English, - alkali%20feldspar

Record 6,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Feldspaths alcalins. Ce sont les feldspaths constitués par l'orthose et l'albite en toutes proportions; en général, ils peuvent également contenir, comme constituant mineur, de petites quantités d'anorthite qui augmentent en même temps que le rapport Ab/Or.  2, record 6, French, - feldspath%20alcalin

Record 6,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 7,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A colorless, white, yellowish, reddish, or grayish monoclinic mineral of the alkali feldspar group which consists of a potassium feldspar and is dimorphous with microcline.  3, record 7, English, - orthoclase

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Named from the Greek "ortho," upright, and "klasis," fracture, in allusion to the mineral’s 90° prismatic cleavage.  3, record 7, English, - orthoclase

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 2 OBS

Chemical formula: KAlSi₃O₈  3, record 7, English, - orthoclase

Record 7,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Minéral du système monoclinique constitué d'aluminosilicate naturel de potassium; l'un des principaux feldspaths.  4, record 7, French, - orthoclase

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 CONT

C'est le feldspath potassique par excellence, bien qu'en toute rigueur, à l'analyse précise, toutes les orthoses montrent une certaine quantité de sodium, et même à côté du baryum, rarement rigoureusement absent, du calcium. [...] Feldspath souvent de teinte crème ou franchement rose [...] Clivages [...] faciles, éclat vitreux, nacré [...]; n = 1,52. d = 6 [...] Les orthoses sont souvent maclées; parmi les plus courantes nous pourrons signaler la macle de Carlsbad, [et] la macle de Baveno [...]  5, record 7, French, - orthoclase

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 OBS

orthose : Sa structure est moins ordonnée que celle de l'orthoclase.  6, record 7, French, - orthoclase

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 2 OBS

orthoclase : D'après la source FOUGE 1988 (Dictionnaire de géologie, par A. Foucault et J.F. Raoult), ce terme est masculin.  4, record 7, French, - orthoclase

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 3 OBS

Formule chimique : KAlSi₃O₈  4, record 7, French, - orthoclase

Record 7,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Fórmula química: KAlSi₃O₈  2, record 7, Spanish, - ortoclasa

Record 8,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A triclinic mineral of the alkali feldspar group that consists of a high-temperature sodium-potassium feldspar widespread in alkalic lavas.  5, record 8, English, - anorthoclase

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Those apparently monosymmetric feldspars with notable amount of soda may be called soda orthoclase. When the soda equals or exceeds the potash, the crystals exhibit triclinic symmetry and are soda microcline.  3, record 8, English, - anorthoclase

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 2 OBS

anorthoclase: So named in allusion to the slight deviation from 90° of the prismatic cleavage.  5, record 8, English, - anorthoclase

Record 8,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Feldspath alcalin riche en sodium [...], triclinique, fréquent dans les laves alcalines.  4, record 8, French, - anorthose

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Anorthose. Ce nom est appliqué aux orthoses sodiques, à celles qui contiennent de l'albite en solution solide [...] Ces mélanges isomorphes ont une tendance à la symétrie monoclinique [...]  5, record 8, French, - anorthose

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 2 CONT

Le microcline : même aspect macroscopique que l'orthose, mais triclinique. [...] Une variété sodique, l'anorthose, aux reflets bleutés, se rencontre dans la laurvikite.  6, record 8, French, - anorthose

Record 8,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 9,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Said of a rock in which albite has introduced or has replaced a more calcic plagioclase.  5, record 9, English, - albitized

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 CONT

The host rock that had originally granitic composition is highly albitized, irregularly carbonatized and locally silicified. The albitization of the granitic rock produced albite syenite and albite granite by entire or partial metasomatic replacement of the quartz, microcline and perthite in the pristine rocks.  6, record 9, English, - albitized

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 2 CONT

Pericline is probably an albitized oligoclase.  7, record 9, English, - albitized

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 OBS

albitized: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.  5, record 9, English, - albitized

Record 9,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Se dit d'une roche ayant subi une albitisation, c'est-à-dire dont les feldspaths ont été transformés en albite.  3, record 9, French, - albitis%C3%A9

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Il y a dans l'ensemble une bonne relation entre l'extension en surface des différents faciès granitiques et leur altitude d'affleurement, les faciès albitisés se rencontrant en général à plus de 500 m d'altitude, les faciès non albitisés en dessous [...]  4, record 9, French, - albitis%C3%A9

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 2 CONT

Pegmatites albitisées à spodumène, muscovite, rare lépidolite [...]  5, record 9, French, - albitis%C3%A9

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 3 CONT

Les épontes albitisées renferment 6 g/t d'or.  5, record 9, French, - albitis%C3%A9

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 OBS

albitisé : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.  3, record 9, French, - albitis%C3%A9

Record 9,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 10,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Any alkali feldspar(orthoclase, microcline, sanidine, adularia) containing the molecule KAlSi₃O₈.  7, record 10, English, - potassium%20feldspar

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 CONT

The potassium feldspars (K-feldspars) ... are those that range in composition from pure K-feldspar to pure Na-feldspar ...  8, record 10, English, - potassium%20feldspar

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 OBS

potassium feldspar: Incorrectly known as K feldspar; potash feldspar.  7, record 10, English, - potassium%20feldspar

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 2 OBS

Field workers generally just write down "K-spar" and leave it at that until they can get to the laboratory.  9, record 10, English, - potassium%20feldspar

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 3 OBS

potash feldspar: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.  10, record 10, English, - potassium%20feldspar

Record 10,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Dans les feldspaths potassiques, le plus important est l'orthose [...] appartenant au système monoclinique.  4, record 10, French, - feldspath%20potassique

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 2 CONT

Les feldspaths potassiques [...] sont polymorphes.  2, record 10, French, - feldspath%20potassique

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 OBS

feldspath potassique : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.  5, record 10, French, - feldspath%20potassique

Record 10,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Las numerosas variedades de feldespato pueden ser clasificadas en dos grupos: el de los feldespatos potásicos y el de las plagioclasas o feldespatos calcosódicos. El más importante entre los primeros es la ortosa [...]  2, record 10, Spanish, - feldespato%20pot%C3%A1sico

Record 11,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A rock containing less than 5% of mafites, having quartz enough to form between 5% and 50% of the leucocrates, and having an orthoclase to oligoclase-andesine ratio between 5 : 95 and 50 : 50.  5, record 11, English, - leucogranite

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Leucogranite differs from normal granite in the practical absence of mafic minerals. It therefore consists of quartz, orthoclase(microcline, microperthite, etc.), and a smaller amount of oligoclase or andesine...  5, record 11, English, - leucogranite

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 OBS

leucocratic granite: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.  6, record 11, English, - leucogranite

Record 11,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Granite riche en minéraux dits «blancs» (quartz, feldspaths ou feldspathoïdes), dans lequel les minéraux foncés occupent moins de 5 % de la surface.  3, record 11, French, - leucogranite

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 OBS

granite leucocrate : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.  3, record 11, French, - leucogranite

Record 11,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 12,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 12, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A hypothetical soda feld-spar thought to be isomorphous with orthoclase.  3, record 12, English, - barbierite

Record number: 12, Textual support number: 1 OBS

A name formerly applied to a hypothetical high-temperature monoclinic form of albite, and later changed to "monalbite". The name was originally applied to a mineral later shown to be finely twinned microcline with about 20% of unmixed albite.  4, record 12, English, - barbierite

Record number: 12, Textual support number: 2 OBS

Chemical formula: NaAlSi₃IO₈  5, record 12, English, - barbierite

Record 12,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 12, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Variété de microcline finement maclée contenant environ 20 % d'albite.  3, record 12, French, - barbi%C3%A9rite

Record number: 12, Textual support number: 1 CONT

La barbiérite est une albite monoclinique excessivement rare.  4, record 12, French, - barbi%C3%A9rite

Record number: 12, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Le nom barbiérite a déjà été utilisé pour désigner la monalbite.  3, record 12, French, - barbi%C3%A9rite

Record number: 12, Textual support number: 2 OBS

Formule chimique : NaAlSi₃IO₈  5, record 12, French, - barbi%C3%A9rite

Record 12,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 13,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 13, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A natural igneous rock formation of visibly crystalline texture, specifically : a usually flesh-red whitish or gray very hard and durable holocrystalline-granular plutonic igneous rock consisting essentially of quartz, orthoclase or microcline, a small amount of acid plagioclase, usually one or more members of the mica, amphibole, and less commonly pyroxene groups, and usually accessories(as apatite, zircon, magnetite, and occasionally topaz, tourmaline, garnet), the rock varying in texture from fine to very coarse and taking a fine polish.  2, record 13, English, - granite

Record number: 13, Textual support number: 1 CONT

... granites constitute a large portion of the Archean basement. They form massive batholiths and plutons as well as extensive areas of granitic gneisses. They have long-term stability, high rock strength, good chemical stability, homogeneity and low porosity.  3, record 13, English, - granite

Record number: 13, Textual support number: 1 PHR

Felsic granite.  4, record 13, English, - granite

Record 13,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 13, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Roche magmatique plutonique formée essentiellement de quartz et de feldspaths, et accessoirement d'autres minéraux comme les micas, les amphiboles et les pyroxènes, les autres minéraux accidentels.  3, record 13, French, - granite

Record number: 13, Textual support number: 1 CONT

[...] on peut envisager la possibilité de créer un stockage [de déchets nucléaires] dans différentes roches : - roches sédimentaires telles que l'argile et le sel; - roches cristallines telles que le granite et le schiste.  4, record 13, French, - granite

Record number: 13, Textual support number: 2 CONT

Aucune formation géologique (granit, sel, argile, tuf volcanique) n'est nécessairement meilleure qu'une autre [en ce qui a trait à l'évacuation des déchets radioactifs dans des formations géologiques profondes].  5, record 13, French, - granite

Record number: 13, Textual support number: 1 PHR

Granite felsique.  6, record 13, French, - granite

Record 13,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 13, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Roca plutónica de textura granuda, compuesta por cuarzo, feldespato potásico, plagioclasa y minerales oscuros (principalmente, biotita) en porcentajes, en general, reducidos. El feldespato potásico predomina sobre la plagioclasa.  2, record 13, Spanish, - granito

Record 14,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 14, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Granite in which quartz and potassic feldspar are accompanied by accessory albite rather than the usual oligoclase or andesine.  2, record 14, English, - albite%20granite

Record number: 14, Textual support number: 1 CONT

The albitization of the granitic rock produced albite syenite and albite granite by complete or partial metasomatic replacement of the quartz, microcline and perthite in the original rocks.  3, record 14, English, - albite%20granite

Record 14,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 14, Textual support number: 1 CONT

L'albitisation des roches granitiques a produit de la syénite à albite et du granite à albite par remplacement métasomatique partiel ou complet du quartz, du microcline et de la perthite présente dans les roches d'origine.  1, record 14, French, - granite%20%C3%A0%20albite

Record number: 14, Textual support number: 1 OBS

albite : [...] Constituant essentiel des andésites, syénites, rhyolites, des granites et pegmatites [...]  2, record 14, French, - granite%20%C3%A0%20albite

Record 14,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 15,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 15, Textual support number: 1 CONT

The albitization of the granitic rock produced albite syenite and albite granite by complete or partial metasomatic replacement of the quartz, microcline and perthite in the original rocks.  1, record 15, English, - albite%20syenite

Record 15,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 15, Textual support number: 1 CONT

L'albitisation des roches granitiques a produit de la syénite à albite et du granite à albite par remplacement métasomatique partiel ou complet du quartz, du microcline et de la perthite présente dans les roches d'origine.  1, record 15, French, - sy%C3%A9nite%20%C3%A0%20albite

Record number: 15, Textual support number: 1 OBS

albite : [...] Constituant essentiel des andésites, syénites, rhyolites, des granites et pegmatites [...]  2, record 15, French, - sy%C3%A9nite%20%C3%A0%20albite

Record 15,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 16,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 16, Textual support number: 1 DEF

An apple-green, bright-green, or blue-green laminated variety of microcline, sometimes used as a gemstone.  4, record 16, English, - amazonite

Record number: 16, Textual support number: 2 DEF

A bright green laminated variety of microcline. Used more as an ornamental stone than as a gem stone.  5, record 16, English, - amazonite

Record 16,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 16, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Variété de microcline brillante dont la couleur vert émeraude est due à certains défauts du réseau cristallin, et peut-être au remplacement d'ions O par F.  3, record 16, French, - amazonite

Record number: 16, Textual support number: 1 CONT

[...] la couleur verte de certains microclines de pegmatites («amazonite») a été attribuée à la présence de fer ferreux dans leur réseau, ou à celle d'autres éléments-traces.  4, record 16, French, - amazonite

Record 16,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 17,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 17, Textual support number: 1 OBS

A same designation could refer to a geographic or a geologic entity, sometimes with a slight variant in spelling or writing. It is important to distinguish one from the other and write each correctly according to the given context.  2, record 17, English, - Nokomis%20Group

Record number: 17, Textual support number: 2 OBS

The Nokomis Group is a hornblende gneiss consisting essentially of hornblende and plagioclase with variable amounts of quartz, garnet, biotite and epidote and quartz-plagioclase-biotite gneiss with variable amounts of garnet, hornblende, microcline, cordierite, and sillimanite.  3, record 17, English, - Nokomis%20Group

Record 17,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 17, Textual support number: 1 OBS

La règle concernant la majuscule au générique d'un nom géologique demeure imprécise. Habituellement, les noms de divisions stratigraphiques portent la majuscule et les entités de moindre importance n'en portent pas.  2, record 17, French, - groupe%20de%20Nokomis

Record number: 17, Textual support number: 2 OBS

Une même désignation peut se référer à une entité géographique et à une entité géologique, parfois avec une légère variante. Il importe de bien distinguer l'une de l'autre et d'utiliser la graphie correcte selon le contexte.  2, record 17, French, - groupe%20de%20Nokomis

Record number: 17, Textual support number: 3 OBS

Le groupe de Nokomis est formé d'un gneiss à hornblende composé surtout de hornblende, de plagioclase et de quantités variables de quartz, de grenat, de hornblende, de microcline, de cordiérite et de sillimanite.  3, record 17, French, - groupe%20de%20Nokomis

Record 17,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 18,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 18, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Repeated twinning after two twinning laws, as in microcline.  2, record 18, English, - crossed%20twinning

Record 18,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 18, Textual support number: 1 OBS

(microcline).  1, record 18, French, - macle%20quadrill%C3%A9e

Record 18,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 19,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 19, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Granites are not uncommonly porphyritic, the phenocrysts being orthoclase or microcline.  1, record 19, English, - porphyritic%20granite

Record number: 19, Textual support number: 2 OBS

Other granites are porphyritic, containing large phenocrysts of alkali feldspar, or porphyroblasts of the same formed by metasomatism.  2, record 19, English, - porphyritic%20granite

Record 19,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 19, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Il s'agit de granite à gros cristaux de feldspath noyés dans une pâte grenue à structure équanite.  1, record 19, French, - granite%20porphyrique

Record 19,  Textual support,  Spanish