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VITREOUS ROCK [4 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2013-08-21
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Petrography
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- buchite
1, record 1, English, buchite
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A vitreous metamorphic rock produced by the contact action of basalt or by frictionmetamorphism. 1, record 1, English, - buchite
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Pétrographie
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- buchite
1, record 1, French, buchite
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
L'un des modes d'occurrence les plus inattendus de la cordiérite est celui des paralaves et des buchites, roches alumineuses, fondues par la combustion de veines de houille ou le voisinage de laves [...] 1, record 1, French, - buchite
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 1999-06-11
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Chemical Elements and Compounds
- Chemical Engineering
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- porcellanite
1, record 2, English, porcellanite
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
- porcelanite 1, record 2, English, porcelanite
correct
- porcelainite 1, record 2, English, porcelainite
correct
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A hard, dense, siliceous rock having the texture, dull luster, hardness, fracture, or general appearance of unglazed porcelain; it is less hard, dense, and vitreous than chert. 1, record 2, English, - porcellanite
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Éléments et composés chimiques
- Génie chimique
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- porcélanite
1, record 2, French, porc%C3%A9lanite
correct, feminine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
[...] matériaux siliceux, dont l'aspect rappelle la porcelaine brute, non vitrifiée. Les porcélanites sont nettement plus consolidées et plus compactes que les Tripel [tripoli], bien que leur porosité puisse encore atteindre jusqu'à 50 p.cent. 1, record 2, French, - porc%C3%A9lanite
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Elementos y compuestos químicos
- Ingenieria química
Record 2, Main entry term, Spanish
- porcelanita
1, record 2, Spanish, porcelanita
feminine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 2, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Roca compacta, frágil, brillante y listada de diversos colores, que procede de arcillas o piedras tostadas por el calor de las minas de carbón incendiadas y por la influencia de las rocas volcánicas. 2, record 2, Spanish, - porcelanita
Record 3 - internal organization data 1978-07-28
Record 3, English
Record 3, Subject field(s)
- Geology
Record 3, Main entry term, English
- microtinite
1, record 3, English, microtinite
correct
Record 3, Abbreviations, English
Record 3, Synonyms, English
Record 3, Textual support, English
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS
A light-colored, coarse-grained igneous rock characterized by monzonitic texture and by the presence of vitreous plagioclase. 1, record 3, English, - microtinite
Record 3, French
Record 3, Domaine(s)
- Géologie
Record 3, Main entry term, French
- microtinite
1, record 3, French, microtinite
correct
Record 3, Abbreviations, French
Record 3, Synonyms, French
Record 3, Textual support, French
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Variété leucocrate de monzonite ou de diorite, dont le plagioclase est hyalin. 1, record 3, French, - microtinite
Record 3, Spanish
Record 3, Textual support, Spanish
Record 4 - internal organization data 1977-02-14
Record 4, English
Record 4, Subject field(s)
- Mineralogy
Record 4, Main entry term, English
- omphacite
1, record 4, English, omphacite
correct
Record 4, Abbreviations, English
Record 4, Synonyms, English
Record 4, Textual support, English
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS
A grass-green to pale-green, granular or foliated, vitreous, high-temperature, aluminous clinopyroxene mineral found as a common constituent in the rock eclogite(...) 1, record 4, English, - omphacite
Record 4, French
Record 4, Domaine(s)
- Minéralogie
Record 4, Main entry term, French
- omphazite
1, record 4, French, omphazite
correct
Record 4, Abbreviations, French
Record 4, Synonyms, French
Record 4, Textual support, French
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Les "omphazites", pyroxènes des roches nommées éclogites, sont des augites un peu sodiques. 1, record 4, French, - omphazite
Record 4, Spanish
Record 4, Textual support, Spanish
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