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HOG-TOOTH SPAR [1 record]

Record 1 1997-06-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
OBS

... a name for calcite, occurring in acute scalenohedrons.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
DEF

Cristal de calcite maclé d'une façon particulière sur lequel Haüy aurait découvert la loi des caractéristiques entières.

CONT

Certains échantillons de carbonate de calcium dits : dents de cochon, donnent [...] sous le marteau des rhomboèdres.

OBS

(scalénoèdres de calcite).

Spanish

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