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HOLOCRYSTALLINE ROCK [8 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2017-05-11
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Petrography
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- ophitic
1, record 1, English, ophitic
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Said of the holocrystalline, hypidiomorphic-granular texture of an igneous rock(especially diabase) in which lath-shaped plagioclase crystals are partially or completely included in pyroxene crystals(typically augite). 2, record 1, English, - ophitic
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Also, said of a rock exhibiting ophitic texture, or, rarely, of a rock involving other pairs of minerals. 2, record 1, English, - ophitic
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Pétrographie
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- ophitique
1, record 1, French, ophitique
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
La texture «ophitique» [...] se rencontre dans certaines «dolérites» [...]. Les plagioclases y forment de grands cristaux rectangulaires de 2 à 5 mm qui dessinent une charpente dont les mailles sont occupées par des cristaux plus petits, non visibles à l'œil nu, avec ou sans verre. Cette texture ophitique révèle qu'il y a eu deux temps principaux de cristallisation. 2, record 1, French, - ophitique
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 2017-05-11
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Petrography
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- granular texture
1, record 2, English, granular%20texture
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A rock texture resulting from the aggregation of mineral grains of approximately equal size. 2, record 2, English, - granular%20texture
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Rocks containing roughly equidimensional minerals are said to have a granular texture. 3, record 2, English, - granular%20texture
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
The term may be applied to a sedimentary or metamorphic rock, but is especially used to describe an equigranular, holocrystalline igneous rock whose particles range in diameter from 0. 05 to 10 mm. 2, record 2, English, - granular%20texture
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Pétrographie
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- structure grenue
1, record 2, French, structure%20grenue
correct, see observation, feminine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
- texture grenue 2, record 2, French, texture%20grenue
correct, see observation, feminine noun
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
[Structure] d'une roche [...] entièrement formée de cristaux de taille voisine, tous visibles à l'œil nu. 3, record 2, French, - structure%20grenue
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Les structures grenues caractérisent les roches dont la cristallisation s'est effectuée lentement, en profondeur. Les minéraux y sont tous également développés et répartis sans aucun ordre. 4, record 2, French, - structure%20grenue
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 CONT
La structure grenue caractérise une roche entièrement cristallisée dont les éléments sont de même dimension, sensiblement celle d'un grain de blé. 5, record 2, French, - structure%20grenue
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
La texture désigne [...] la forme et la position d'un certain nombre de minéraux naturellement groupés en une population au sein de la roche. [...] La structure désigne la forme et la position [...] d'un cristal pris isolément ou considéré dans ses rapports avec ses voisins immédiats. 6, record 2, French, - structure%20grenue
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 OBS
Dans la littérature moderne, le terme de texture est employé en synonymie avec celui de structure [...] 7, record 2, French, - structure%20grenue
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Petrografía
Record 2, Main entry term, Spanish
- estructura granular
1, record 2, Spanish, estructura%20granular
feminine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 2, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
Record 3 - internal organization data 2011-09-28
Record 3, English
Record 3, Subject field(s)
- Petrography
Record 3, Main entry term, English
- granophyre
1, record 3, English, granophyre
correct
Record 3, Abbreviations, English
Record 3, Synonyms, English
- pegmatophyre 2, record 3, English, pegmatophyre
correct
Record 3, Textual support, English
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A porphyritic extrusive rock characterized by a micrographic holocrystalline groundmass, or a fine-grained granitic rock having a micrographic structure. 2, record 3, English, - granophyre
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT
The Sudbury Basin ... is 60 X 27 km ... Its most obvious feature is the so-called Nickel Irruptive, which consists of a lower (outer) layer of augite-norite and an upper layer of granophyre. 3, record 3, English, - granophyre
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 2 CONT
The base of the Onaping Formation has been intruded by the underlying granophyre of the complex. 4, record 3, English, - granophyre
Record 3, French
Record 3, Domaine(s)
- Pétrographie
Record 3, Main entry term, French
- granophyre
1, record 3, French, granophyre
correct, masculine noun
Record 3, Abbreviations, French
Record 3, Synonyms, French
Record 3, Textual support, French
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Microgranite à structure micropegmatitique. 2, record 3, French, - granophyre
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT
La base de la Formation d'Onaping montre des signes de recoupement par le granophyre sous-jacent appartenant au complexe. 3, record 3, French, - granophyre
Record 3, Spanish
Record 3, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Petrografía
Record 3, Main entry term, Spanish
- granófiro
1, record 3, Spanish, gran%C3%B3firo
masculine noun
Record 3, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 3, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 3, Textual support, Spanish
Record 4 - internal organization data 2011-05-16
Record 4, English
Record 4, Subject field(s)
- Petrography
Record 4, Main entry term, English
- granite porphyry
1, record 4, English, granite%20porphyry
correct
Record 4, Abbreviations, English
Record 4, Synonyms, English
Record 4, Textual support, English
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A rock consisting of a fine-grained, holocrystalline base through which the ordinary constituents of granite are scattered in more or less regular crystalline forms. 1, record 4, English, - granite%20porphyry
Record 4, French
Record 4, Domaine(s)
- Pétrographie
Record 4, Main entry term, French
- porphyre granitique
1, record 4, French, porphyre%20granitique
correct, masculine noun
Record 4, Abbreviations, French
Record 4, Synonyms, French
Record 4, Textual support, French
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Roche à grains serrés, composée d'éléments du granite, dans lesquels sont disséminés de gros cristaux de quartz et de feldspath. 2, record 4, French, - porphyre%20granitique
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS
C'est un granite qui a refroidi dans des conditions filoniennes loin du magma originel, il a donc acquis une structure porphyrique. À ne pas confondre avec les porphyres quartzifères qui sont d'anciennes laves acides. On trouve des porphyres granitiques en Sardaigne et dans l'île d'Elbe. 3, record 4, French, - porphyre%20granitique
Record 4, Spanish
Record 4, Textual support, Spanish
Record 5 - internal organization data 2005-01-31
Record 5, English
Record 5, Subject field(s)
- Petrography
Record 5, Main entry term, English
- holocrystalline rock
1, record 5, English, holocrystalline%20rock
correct
Record 5, Abbreviations, English
Record 5, Synonyms, English
- pleocrystalline rock 2, record 5, English, pleocrystalline%20rock
obsolete
Record 5, Textual support, English
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF
... an igneous rock composed entirely of crystals, i.e. having no glassy part. 3, record 5, English, - holocrystalline%20rock
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS
pleocrystalline: An obsolete synonym of holocrystalline. 3, record 5, English, - holocrystalline%20rock
Record 5, French
Record 5, Domaine(s)
- Pétrographie
Record 5, Main entry term, French
- roche holocristalline
1, record 5, French, roche%20holocristalline
correct, feminine noun
Record 5, Abbreviations, French
Record 5, Synonyms, French
Record 5, Textual support, French
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF
[...] roche éruptive dont tous les éléments sont à l'état cristallin. 2, record 5, French, - roche%20holocristalline
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT
La roche est entièrement cristallisée (holocristalline). 3, record 5, French, - roche%20holocristalline
Record 5, Spanish
Record 5, Textual support, Spanish
Record 6 - internal organization data 2001-09-27
Record 6, English
Record 6, Subject field(s)
- Petrography
- Mineralogy
Record 6, Main entry term, English
- amphibolide
1, record 6, English, amphibolide
correct
Record 6, Abbreviations, English
Record 6, Synonyms, English
- amphibololite 2, record 6, English, amphibololite
correct
Record 6, Textual support, English
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A general term, for use in the field, to designate any coarse-grained, holocrystalline igneous rock almost entirely composed of amphibole minerals. 3, record 6, English, - amphibolide
Record 6, French
Record 6, Domaine(s)
- Pétrographie
- Minéralogie
Record 6, Main entry term, French
- amphibololite
1, record 6, French, amphibololite
correct, feminine noun
Record 6, Abbreviations, French
Record 6, Synonyms, French
Record 6, Textual support, French
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 DEF
[...] roche endogène constituée entièrement ou presque entièrement d'amphibole. 2, record 6, French, - amphibololite
Record 6, Spanish
Record 6, Textual support, Spanish
Record 7 - internal organization data 1999-09-17
Record 7, English
Record 7, Subject field(s)
- Petrography
Record 7, Main entry term, English
- pilotaxitic
1, record 7, English, pilotaxitic
correct, adjective
Record 7, Abbreviations, English
Record 7, Synonyms, English
Record 7, Textual support, English
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Said of the texture of the groundmass of a holocrystalline igneous rock in which lath-shaped microlites(typically plagioclase) are arranged in a glass-free mesostasis and are generally interwoven in irregular unoriented fashion. 1, record 7, English, - pilotaxitic
Record 7, French
Record 7, Domaine(s)
- Pétrographie
Record 7, Main entry term, French
- pilotaxitique
1, record 7, French, pilotaxitique
correct, adjective
Record 7, Abbreviations, French
Record 7, Synonyms, French
Record 7, Textual support, French
Record 7, Spanish
Record 7, Textual support, Spanish
Record 8 - internal organization data 1998-10-19
Record 8, English
Record 8, Subject field(s)
- Petrography
Record 8, Main entry term, English
- bahiaite
1, record 8, English, bahiaite
correct
Record 8, Abbreviations, English
Record 8, Synonyms, English
Record 8, Textual support, English
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Holocrystalline igneous rock formed mainly of hypersthene with subordinate hornblende and sometimes minor amounts of other minerals. 2, record 8, English, - bahiaite
Record 8, French
Record 8, Domaine(s)
- Pétrographie
Record 8, Main entry term, French
- bahiaite
1, record 8, French, bahiaite
feminine noun
Record 8, Abbreviations, French
Record 8, Synonyms, French
Record 8, Textual support, French
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Roche ignée composée surtout d'hypersthène et de hornblende. 1, record 8, French, - bahiaite
Record 8, Spanish
Record 8, Textual support, Spanish
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