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Record 1 2004-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

A pegmatite characterized by graphic intergrowths of quartz and alkali feldspar.

DEF

Coarse- to very coarse-grained, quartz-potassic feldspar rock in which large crystals of the two minerals are intergrown in such a way that in cross section the intercalates of quartz have the appearance of cuneiform, semitic, or runic characters.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
CONT

Lorsque le quartz et le feldspath ont cristallisé l'un dans l'autre, donnant en section de curieuses figures rappelant les caractères cunéiformes, on a une pegmatite graphique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Petrografía
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