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MICROCRYSTALLINE ROCK [11 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2016-02-18
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Petrography
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- chert
1, record 1, English, chert
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- silexite 2, record 1, English, silexite
correct
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A hard, dense microcrystalline or cryptocrystalline sedimentary rock, consisting chiefly of interlocking crystals of quartz less than about 30 [micrometers] in diameter... 3, record 1, English, - chert
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[This rock] has conchoidal fracture ... it may be an organic or inorganic precipitate or a replacement product. 3, record 1, English, - chert
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS
... distinguished from flint by flat fracture, as opposed to conchoidal. 4, record 1, English, - chert
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 3 OBS
[Silexite is] composed essentially of quartz + hematite + alkali feldspar. 2, record 1, English, - chert
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 4 OBS
chert: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector. 5, record 1, English, - chert
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Pétrographie
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- chert
1, record 1, French, chert
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- silexite 2, record 1, French, silexite
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Roche sédimentaire siliceuse correspondant à un banc continu de silex. 3, record 1, French, - chert
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Les cherts sont des accidents siliceux en milieu siliceux, pauvres en éléments détritiques, à l'opposé des gaizes. Comme les chailles, elles semblent avoir une origine intra-sédimentaire. 4, record 1, French, - chert
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 CONT
Des silex on doit rapprocher les chailles opaques, brun clair; les silexites ou cherts; les meulières en partie creusées de cavités irrégulières, de couleur rouille ou fauve et formant souvent des bancs irréguliers. 5, record 1, French, - chert
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[La silexite est] composée essentiellement de quartz + hématite + feldspath alcalin. 6, record 1, French, - chert
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS
chert : terme peu précis désignant des concrétions siliceuses que l'on rencontre en nodules, couches ou veines, au sein d'une autre roche. (Regroupe les chailles, silex, jaspes, etc.) 3, record 1, French, - chert
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 3 OBS
chert : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre. 7, record 1, French, - chert
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Petrografía
Record 1, Main entry term, Spanish
- silexita
1, record 1, Spanish, silexita
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 1, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Roca silícea, constituida por calcedonia, formada por sílice de origen orgánico [...] 1, record 1, Spanish, - silexita
Record 2 - internal organization data 2016-02-04
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Petrography
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- quartz-porphyry
1, record 2, English, quartz%2Dporphyry
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
- quartz porphyry 2, record 2, English, quartz%20porphyry
correct
- quartz felsite 3, record 2, English, quartz%20felsite
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A porphyritic extrusive or hypabyssal rock containing quartz and alkali feldspar phenocrysts embedded in a microcrystalline or cryptocrystalline matrix. 1, record 2, English, - quartz%2Dporphyry
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Felsite. ... The mass of the rock consists of a fine-grained matrix of felsic materials, particularly quartz, sodium and potassium feldspar, and may be termed a quartz felsite or quartz porphyry if the quartz phenocrysts are present. 3, record 2, English, - quartz%2Dporphyry
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
quartz porphyry: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector. 4, record 2, English, - quartz%2Dporphyry
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Pétrographie
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- porphyre à quartz
1, record 2, French, porphyre%20%C3%A0%20quartz
correct, masculine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
- porphyre quartzifère 2, record 2, French, porphyre%20quartzif%C3%A8re
correct, masculine noun
- porphyre quartzique 3, record 2, French, porphyre%20quartzique
correct, masculine noun
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
C'est une roche effusive de composition analogue au granite, mais présentant une structure différente : les cristaux de quartz (automorphes) et de feldspath sont noyés dans une mésostase uniforme, compacte, souvent colorée de rouge ou de gris (structure porphyrique). 2, record 2, French, - porphyre%20%C3%A0%20quartz
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 OBS
porphyre quartzique : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre. 4, record 2, French, - porphyre%20%C3%A0%20quartz
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Petrografía
Record 2, Main entry term, Spanish
- pórfido cuarcífero
1, record 2, Spanish, p%C3%B3rfido%20cuarc%C3%ADfero
correct, masculine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 2, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
Record 3 - internal organization data 2011-09-26
Record 3, English
Record 3, Subject field(s)
- Bauxite Mining
- Geochemistry
Universal entry(ies) Record 3
Record 3, Main entry term, English
- bauxite
1, record 3, English, bauxite
correct
Record 3, Abbreviations, English
Record 3, Synonyms, English
- airplane ore 2, record 3, English, airplane%20ore
correct, see observation, regional
Record 3, Textual support, English
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF
An off-white, grayish, brown, yellow, or reddish brown rock composed of amorphous or microcrystalline aluminum oxides and oxyhydroxides,(mainly gibbsite..., bayerite..., boehmite..., and diaspore...) admixed with free silica, silt, iron hydroxides, and especially clay minerals. 3, record 3, English, - bauxite
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Bauxite is formed by the weathering of sediments or igneous rocks having relatively high alumina contents. 4, record 3, English, - bauxite
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Bauxite is the chief ore of aluminum ... 3, record 3, English, - bauxite
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 2 OBS
airplane ore: A term used in Tennessee for bauxite. 2, record 3, English, - bauxite
Record 3, French
Record 3, Domaine(s)
- Mines de bauxite
- Géochimie
Entrée(s) universelle(s) Record 3
Record 3, Main entry term, French
- bauxite
1, record 3, French, bauxite
correct, feminine noun
Record 3, Abbreviations, French
Record 3, Synonyms, French
- beauxite 2, record 3, French, beauxite
feminine noun, archaic
Record 3, Textual support, French
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Minerai d'aluminium [...] formé principalement d'alumine hydratée [...], parfois mélangé d'un peu de silice et d'oxydes de fer. 3, record 3, French, - bauxite
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Le minerai d'aluminium est la bauxite, roche cohérente assez dure et de structure variée [...] La bauxite n'est pas une espèce minérale, mais un complexe de composition variable. Elle est formée essentiellement de [...] silicates d'alumine [...] et d'hydrates d'alumine (gibbsite, diaspore, boehmite). [...] Les bauxites résultent de l'altération de très nombreuses roches, à la suite d'un lessivage prolongé par les pluies chaudes des climats intertropicaux. 4, record 3, French, - bauxite
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[La bauxite] est cohérente, rayée par le canif et non par l'ongle, de couleur crème ou, si elle contient du fer, rose ou rougeâtre. Elle n'est industriellement exploitable pour l'aluminium que si la teneur en silice ne dépasse pas 2 à 6 % et la teneur en fer 10 à 20 %. 3, record 3, French, - bauxite
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 2 OBS
[Étymologie] Bauxite : du village de Beaux, près d'Arles (Bouches-du-Rhône), découverte en 1821 par l'ingénieur des mines Berthier, [...] Le nom de beauxite [...] dû à Dufrenoy (1837) [...] a été orthographié bauxite par Sainte-Claire-Deville en 1861. 2, record 3, French, - bauxite
Record 3, Spanish
Record 3, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Minas de bauxita
- Geoquímica
Entrada(s) universal(es) Record 3
Record 3, Main entry term, Spanish
- bauxita
1, record 3, Spanish, bauxita
correct, feminine noun
Record 3, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 3, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 3, Textual support, Spanish
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Sesquióxido hidratado de aluminio, mena explotada casi exclusivamente para fabricar dicho metal. 2, record 3, Spanish, - bauxita
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT
La bauxita es más bien una mezcla compleja de minerales que difiere de un yacimiento a otro y se compone esencialmente de hidratos de alúmina, boehmita, diásporo, gibbsita, etc. Además de su uso principal, que es la producción de aluminio [...], se emplea, previamente calcinada, como materia refractaria, pues funde a 2050º C. También se usa en las refinerías para purificar ciertos derivados del petróleo. 2, record 3, Spanish, - bauxita
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Agregado natural de minerales de aluminio en los que dicho elemento aparece principalmente en forma de óxidos hidratados. No tóxico, no combustible. Color blanco, crema, amarillo, pardo, gris o rojo. Insoluble en agua. Se descompone con el ácido clorhídrico. 3, record 3, Spanish, - bauxita
Record 4 - internal organization data 2011-08-19
Record 4, English
Record 4, Subject field(s)
- Petrography
Record 4, Main entry term, English
- porphyritic-aphanitic
1, record 4, English, porphyritic%2Daphanitic
correct
Record 4, Abbreviations, English
Record 4, Synonyms, English
- porphyro-aphanitic 2, record 4, English, porphyro%2Daphanitic
correct
Record 4, Textual support, English
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Said of the texture of a porphyritic igneous rock (or of a rock with such a texture) having large megascopic phenocrysts in an aphanitic groundmass. 3, record 4, English, - porphyritic%2Daphanitic
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT
A porphyritic-aphanitic texture is defined as a rock having an aphanitic groundmass, or matrix, in which embedded phenocrysts make up more than 10% of the total rock volume. The phenocrysts are visible to the unaided eye. 1, record 4, English, - porphyritic%2Daphanitic
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Porphyritic-This term applies to an igneous rock in which larger grains(phenocrysts) are embedded in a matrix of distinctly smaller grains(groundmass) which are either phaneritic or aphanitic : porphyro-phaneritic [if] both the large phenocrysts as well as the smaller crystals in the groundmass are large enough to see without magnification; porphyro-aphanitic if the phenocrysts are large enough to see but the groundmass is microcrystalline. 4, record 4, English, - porphyritic%2Daphanitic
Record 4, French
Record 4, Domaine(s)
- Pétrographie
Record 4, Main entry term, French
- porphyrique et aphanitique
1, record 4, French, porphyrique%20et%20aphanitique
correct
Record 4, Abbreviations, French
Record 4, Synonyms, French
- porphyro-aphanitique 2, record 4, French, porphyro%2Daphanitique
proposal
Record 4, Textual support, French
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Dykes porphyriques et aphanitiques. 1, record 4, French, - porphyrique%20et%20aphanitique
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Si aucun minéral n'est visible, on parle de texture vitreuse aphanitique. Si quelques minéraux présents sont de plus grosse taille, on parle de texture vitreuse porphyrique. 3, record 4, French, - porphyrique%20et%20aphanitique
Record 4, Spanish
Record 4, Textual support, Spanish
Record 5 - internal organization data 2011-03-15
Record 5, English
Record 5, Subject field(s)
- Mineralogy
- Wood Finishing
- Finishing (Machine-Tooling)
- Glass Polishing
Record 5, Main entry term, English
- tripoli
1, record 5, English, tripoli
correct, standardized
Record 5, Abbreviations, English
Record 5, Synonyms, English
Record 5, Textual support, English
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF
[A] porous, friable, microcrystalline siliceous rock of sedimentary origin... used mainly as a polishing or buffing abrasive... and also [as] a foundry facing. 2, record 5, English, - tripoli
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Commercial tripoli powder is finely pulverized ... 2, record 5, English, - tripoli
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 2 OBS
tripoli: term standardized by ISO. 3, record 5, English, - tripoli
Record 5, French
Record 5, Domaine(s)
- Minéralogie
- Finition du bois
- Finition (Usinage)
- Polissage du verre
Record 5, Main entry term, French
- tripoli
1, record 5, French, tripoli
correct, masculine noun, standardized
Record 5, Abbreviations, French
Record 5, Synonyms, French
Record 5, Textual support, French
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF
[...] roche siliceuse pulvérulente à grains très fins [...] employée pour composer la «popote» et pour finir le polissage et le dégraissage du vernis [...] 2, record 5, French, - tripoli
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT
[...] les diatomites [...] sont connues sous le nom de tripoli («[...] pierre légère [...] qui tire son nom de la ville de Tripoli, en Barbarie, d'où on la tirait autrefois») [...] L'emploi du tripoli comme abrasif est très ancien [...] 3, record 5, French, - tripoli
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[Le tripoli le plus fin] se vend généralement en pains, sous le nom de tripoli de Venise ou Tripoli en trochyste. 2, record 5, French, - tripoli
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 2 OBS
tripoli : terme normalisé par l'ISO. 4, record 5, French, - tripoli
Record 5, Spanish
Record 5, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Mineralogía
- Pulido de la madera
- Acabado (Operación de mecanizado)
- Pulido del vidrio
Record 5, Main entry term, Spanish
- trípoli
1, record 5, Spanish, tr%C3%ADpoli
correct, masculine noun
Record 5, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 5, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 5, Textual support, Spanish
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Roca terrosa, silícica, de origen sedimentario, formada por los caparazones de minúsculos radiolarios; es deleznable y forma un polvo ligero, de color generalmente gris o amarillento, a veces rojizo. 2, record 5, Spanish, - tr%C3%ADpoli
Record 6 - internal organization data 2010-11-15
Record 6, English
Record 6, Subject field(s)
- Petrography
Record 6, Main entry term, English
- novaculite
1, record 6, English, novaculite
correct
Record 6, Abbreviations, English
Record 6, Synonyms, English
- razor stone 2, record 6, English, razor%20stone
correct
- Turkey stone 2, record 6, English, Turkey%20stone
correct
- galactite 3, record 6, English, galactite
correct, obsolete
- hone stone 4, record 6, English, hone%20stone
- whet slate 4, record 6, English, whet%20slate
Record 6, Textual support, English
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A very hard sedimentary rock, similar to chert, composed essentially of microcrystalline quartz. 5, record 6, English, - novaculite
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Novaculite is used as a whetstone for sharpening cutting instruments. The term is little used outside of Arkansas and Oklahoma where it is found in Lower Paleozoic strata. 3, record 6, English, - novaculite
Record 6, French
Record 6, Domaine(s)
- Pétrographie
Record 6, Main entry term, French
- novaculite
1, record 6, French, novaculite
correct, feminine noun
Record 6, Abbreviations, French
Record 6, Synonyms, French
Record 6, Textual support, French
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 CONT
La novaculite est une roche siliceuse cryptocristalline très dense, à texture homogène et de couleur claire. Elle ressemble au chert, mais s'en distingue par la prédominance du quartz sur la calcédoine. La novaculite est associée dans cette partie des États-Unis à du chert et à des schistes. C'est donc un complexe argilo-siliceux avec apports terrigènes. 1, record 6, French, - novaculite
Record 6, Spanish
Record 6, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Petrografía
Record 6, Main entry term, Spanish
- novaculita
1, record 6, Spanish, novaculita
feminine noun
Record 6, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 6, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 6, Textual support, Spanish
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Roca sedimentaria silícea que presenta gran dureza, grano fino y una textura homogénea. Se emplea como piedra de afilado. 2, record 6, Spanish, - novaculita
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 CONT
la llamada novaculita [...] consiste en un sílex (o chert) compuesto casi enteramente por cuarzo microcristalino granular y con color blanco lechoso dominante. El ejemplo más conocido es de Novaculita de Caballos y de Arkansas que se localizan en el tránsito Devónico-Carbonífero en una amplia región de USA y en la que existe más del 90 por 100 de sílex. 3, record 6, Spanish, - novaculita
Record 7 - internal organization data 2009-06-10
Record 7, English
Record 7, Subject field(s)
- Petrography
- Vulcanology and Seismology
Record 7, Main entry term, English
- welded ignimbrite
1, record 7, English, welded%20ignimbrite
correct
Record 7, Abbreviations, English
Record 7, Synonyms, English
Record 7, Textual support, English
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 CONT
If sufficiently hot when deposited, the particles in an ignimbrite may weld together, and the deposit is transformed into a "welded ignimbrite, "made of eutaxitic lapilli-tuff. When this happens, the pumice lapilli commonly flatten, and these appear on rock surfaces as dark lense-shapes, known as fiamme. Intensely welded ignimbrite may have glassy zones near the base and top, called lower and upper "vitrophyres, "but central parts are microcrystalline("lithoidal"). 2, record 7, English, - welded%20ignimbrite
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Many ignimbrites are loose, unconsolidated deposits, but some exhibit welding, giving the ignimbrite the texture of a solid rock mass, hence the terms commonly used to describe these examples: welded tuff and welded ashflow. 3, record 7, English, - welded%20ignimbrite
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 2 OBS
welded ignimbrite: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector. 4, record 7, English, - welded%20ignimbrite
Record 7, French
Record 7, Domaine(s)
- Pétrographie
- Volcanologie et sismologie
Record 7, Main entry term, French
- ignimbrite soudée
1, record 7, French, ignimbrite%20soud%C3%A9e
correct, feminine noun
Record 7, Abbreviations, French
Record 7, Synonyms, French
Record 7, Textual support, French
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Ignimbrites soudées en conditions sous-aquatiques : l'exemple du Viséen des Vosges du Sud (France). 2, record 7, French, - ignimbrite%20soud%C3%A9e
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 OBS
ignimbrite soudée : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre. 3, record 7, French, - ignimbrite%20soud%C3%A9e
Record 7, Spanish
Record 7, Textual support, Spanish
Record 8 - internal organization data 2007-12-17
Record 8, English
Record 8, Subject field(s)
- Geology
- Petrography
Record 8, Main entry term, English
- peloidal
1, record 8, English, peloidal
correct, see observation
Record 8, Abbreviations, English
Record 8, Synonyms, English
- pelloidal 2, record 8, English, pelloidal
correct
Record 8, Textual support, English
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Peloidal limestone is defined as rock composed dominantly of particles of cryptocrystalline or microcrystalline material, commonly ovoid in shape. 3, record 8, English, - peloidal
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 2 CONT
The mounds consist of marine cements, peloidal and clotted micrite, and a wide variety of skeletal constituents. 4, record 8, English, - peloidal
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 3 CONT
The thin (2.5 cm), pelloidal "Junction Bed" (or "Basal Cast Bed" - a familiar feature at many localities, but usually thicker than this) is overlain by the basal stromatolitic limestone. 2, record 8, English, - peloidal
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 OBS
peloidal: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector. 5, record 8, English, - peloidal
Record 8, French
Record 8, Domaine(s)
- Géologie
- Pétrographie
Record 8, Main entry term, French
- péloïde
1, record 8, French, p%C3%A9lo%C3%AFde
correct, adjective
Record 8, Abbreviations, French
Record 8, Synonyms, French
- pelloïde 2, record 8, French, pello%C3%AFde
correct, adjective
- péloïdal 3, record 8, French, p%C3%A9lo%C3%AFdal
correct, see observation
- pelloïdal 4, record 8, French, pello%C3%AFdal
correct
- à péloïdes 5, record 8, French, %C3%A0%20p%C3%A9lo%C3%AFdes
correct, see observation
- à pelloïdes 6, record 8, French, %C3%A0%20pello%C3%AFdes
correct
Record 8, Textual support, French
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Les boues thermales artificielles ou péloïdes sont préparées dans des bassins où se produit la maturation. 1, record 8, French, - p%C3%A9lo%C3%AFde
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 OBS
péloïdal; à péloïdes : termes en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre. 6, record 8, French, - p%C3%A9lo%C3%AFde
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 PHR
Mudstone à péloïdes. 6, record 8, French, - p%C3%A9lo%C3%AFde
Record 8, Spanish
Record 8, Textual support, Spanish
Record 9 - internal organization data 2007-01-17
Record 9, English
Record 9, Subject field(s)
- Petrography
Record 9, Main entry term, English
- packstone
1, record 9, English, packstone
correct
Record 9, Abbreviations, English
Record 9, Synonyms, English
Record 9, Textual support, English
Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 DEF
... a sedimentary carbonate rock whose granular material is arranged in a self-supporting framework, yet also contains some matrix of calcareous mud. 2, record 9, English, - packstone
Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 CONT
The phosphatic rock is "compact" microcrystalline siderite, medium-grained to pebbly ironstone-intraclast wackestones and packstones and pyrite-phosphate rock... 3, record 9, English, - packstone
Record 9, French
Record 9, Domaine(s)
- Pétrographie
Record 9, Main entry term, French
- packstone
1, record 9, French, packstone
correct, masculine noun
Record 9, Abbreviations, French
Record 9, Synonyms, French
- packestone 2, record 9, French, packestone
masculine noun
Record 9, Textual support, French
Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 DEF
[Roche carbonatée qui] comporte aussi plus de 10 p. cent de grains mais peu de boue et celle-ci comble seulement les espaces. 2, record 9, French, - packstone
Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Les roches phosphatées se composent de sidérite microcristalline «dense», de wackestones et de packstones à intraclastes de roches ferrugineuses de granulométrie moyenne à caillouteuse et de roches phosphatées à pyrite [...] 3, record 9, French, - packstone
Record 9, Spanish
Record 9, Textual support, Spanish
Record 10 - internal organization data 2006-11-03
Record 10, English
Record 10, Subject field(s)
- Petrography
Record 10, Main entry term, English
- pebbly
1, record 10, English, pebbly
correct
Record 10, Abbreviations, English
Record 10, Synonyms, English
- shingly 2, record 10, English, shingly
correct
- cobbly 3, record 10, English, cobbly
Record 10, Textual support, English
Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Having many pebbles. 2, record 10, English, - pebbly
Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 CONT
The phosphatic rock is "compact" microcrystalline siderite, medium grained to pebbly ironstone-intraclast wackestones and packstones, and pyrite-phosphate rock... 4, record 10, English, - pebbly
Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 PHR
Pebbly quartzite. 4, record 10, English, - pebbly
Record 10, French
Record 10, Domaine(s)
- Pétrographie
Record 10, Main entry term, French
- caillouteux
1, record 10, French, caillouteux
correct
Record 10, Abbreviations, French
Record 10, Synonyms, French
- de granulométrie caillouteuse 2, record 10, French, de%20granulom%C3%A9trie%20caillouteuse
correct
- à galets 3, record 10, French, %C3%A0%20galets
correct
Record 10, Textual support, French
Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Qualifie une surface ou un dépôt constitués d'une grande abondance de cailloux. 4, record 10, French, - caillouteux
Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Roches ferrugineuses de granulométrie moyenne à caillouteuse. 2, record 10, French, - caillouteux
Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 PHR
Quartzite à galets. 2, record 10, French, - caillouteux
Record 10, Spanish
Record 10, Textual support, Spanish
Record 11 - internal organization data 2006-07-03
Record 11, English
Record 11, Subject field(s)
- Petrography
Record 11, Main entry term, English
- pyrite-phosphate rock
1, record 11, English, pyrite%2Dphosphate%20rock
correct
Record 11, Abbreviations, English
Record 11, Synonyms, English
Record 11, Textual support, English
Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 CONT
The phosphatic rock is "compact" microcrystalline siderite, medium grained to pebbly ironstone-intraclast wackestones and packstones, and pyrite-phosphate rock... 1, record 11, English, - pyrite%2Dphosphate%20rock
Record 11, French
Record 11, Domaine(s)
- Pétrographie
Record 11, Main entry term, French
- roche phosphatée à pyrite
1, record 11, French, roche%20phosphat%C3%A9e%20%C3%A0%20pyrite
correct, feminine noun
Record 11, Abbreviations, French
Record 11, Synonyms, French
Record 11, Textual support, French
Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Les roches phosphatées se composent de sidérite microcristalline «dense», de wackestones et de packstones à intraclastes de roches ferrugineuses de granulométrie moyenne à caillouteuse et de roches phosphatées à pyrite [...] 1, record 11, French, - roche%20phosphat%C3%A9e%20%C3%A0%20pyrite
Record 11, Spanish
Record 11, Textual support, Spanish
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