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INSOLUBLE ROCK [5 records]

Record 1 2015-04-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metals Mining
  • Mineralogy
  • Geochemistry
DEF

... a mineral deposit formed by mechanical concentration, e.g. a placer, or by decomposition in the zone of weathering, e.g. kaolin from feldspar.

CONT

By the removal of soluble material from the original substance the insoluble material remaining may form valuable residual deposits. From carbonates and silicates in the original rock may be converted into practically insoluble oxides, which form iron ores as rock weathers; silica may be leached from kaolin, leaving the insoluble hydrous aluminum oxide, bauxite, a most important aluminum ore. Such deposits are generally formed in warm moist climates and would not be found in areas which have been glaciated.

CONT

Residual deposits ... are ... formed by the removal of non-ore material from protore. For example the leaching of silica and alkalis from a nepheline-syenite may leave behind a surface capping of hydrous aluminium oxides (bauxite).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mines métalliques
  • Minéralogie
  • Géochimie
CONT

Gîtes résiduels. - Sous l'action des eaux superficielles ou hydrothermales, la roche-mère est désagrégée et subit parfois des transformations chimiques susceptibles de fournir des substances utiles [...] Ce sont des gîtes d'éluvion que l'on peut opposer aux gîtes d'illuvion (zone de cimentation) où le lessivage des couches supérieures provoque la formation d'incrustations, de concrétions ou de cimentations dans les couches sous-jacentes : le fer de certaines latérites [...] et surtout l'aluminium dans les bauxites appartiennent à ce type de gisement.

CONT

Gisements résiduels. L'altération réduit les roches en fragments de toutes dimensions et détermine [...] la ségrégation des divers minéraux [...] Le départ successif des matériaux solubles, causé par les eaux météoriques, entraîne un enrichissement naturel en certains minéraux; c'est ainsi que naît un gisement résiduel.

Spanish

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Record 2 2003-12-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soil Improvement and Fertilizer Management
DEF

Any of various commercial phosphate fertilizers obtained as white to gray granules or powders by acidulating ground insoluble phosphate rock....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fumure et amélioration du sol
CONT

Les minerais phosphatés sont traités à l'acide sulfurique qui transforme le phosphate en superphosphate (mélange de phosphate monocalcique et de sulfate de chaux), largement utilisé comme engrais et jouant un rôle considérable dans les industries agricoles.

OBS

source : Nomenclature de Bruxelles, produits chimiques.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Abono y mejoramiento del suelo
DEF

Fertilizante de fósforo obtenido por acción del ácido sulfúrico sobre fosforita.

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Record 3 2001-08-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Geochemistry

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Géochimie

Spanish

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Record 4 1996-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Waste Management
  • Nuclear Waste Materials
CONT

There are two forms of injection into deep geologic formations that have been suggested or used for LLW disposal : hydrofracture and deep well injection. Both methods are primarily useful only for liquid or finely ground wastes. They both take precautions to prevent contaminating useful aquifers by carefully selecting the geologic formations into which the waste is injected. Hydrofracture disposal also uses a very insoluble waste form. Generally, hydrofracture involves injection of a mixture of waste and liquid grouting materials under high pressure into a deep layered rock formation such as shale. The injected material causes layers of rock to separate and the material forms flat "sheets" extending out from the injection well. The grout causes some surface uplift near the injection well.

CONT

Because of difficulty in transporting liquid wastes safely, the hydrofracture facility must be located near the source of the waste. A hydrofracture site requires large, generally impermeable (to nearby aquifers) layered formations that fracture horizontally. The surface area needed and visual impact of a hydrofracture facility are relatively small. Major barriers to nuclide release are the grout (waste form) and the geologic formation used. Perhaps the greatest problem with hydraulic injection is that there is little control of fracture propagation and it is not possible to define the final geometry of the grout/waste sheets from the surface.

CONT

Hydrofracturing would not be appropriate for Eldorado wastes because of the large volume of waste and the questionable ability to dry and pulverize it to the necessary fineness (40 mesh or smaller).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des déchets
  • Déchets nucléaires

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gestión de los desechos
  • Desechos nucleares
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Record 5 1991-02-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
CONT

Stylolites... are irregular seams in soluble rocks resulting from solution along surfaces grossly perpendicular to contemporaneous compression : the seam contains the insoluble residue. Displaced primary structures show that as much as 40 per cent of the rock may dissolve in this way, but usually the percentage is much smaller.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
CONT

Après déformation, les deux corps que sépare la surface de discontinuité, nous dirons ses deux lèvres, peuvent être séparés l'un de l'autre par un intervalle béant. Les deux lèvres peuvent également être en contact, mais elles ne peuvent naturellement se pénétrer, du moins sans dissolution (stylotithes).

DEF

Petit pic formé par concentration résiduelle de minéraux à la surface d'un joint qui a subi une dissolution partielle sous contrainte.

Spanish

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