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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

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A term which has been variously used for pre-Tertiary andesitic rocks, altered andesite rocks, and hypabyssal rocks of marked porphyritic texture and andesitic composition. The last usage is now customary. The phenocrysts are generally plagioclase(average composition that of andesine) and mafic minerals, and the groundmass is holocrystalline and more coarsely grained than in andesite.  1, record 1, English, - porphyrite

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

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Roche effusive (généralement filonienne) ayant la composition des «diorites non quartzifères» correspondant à des faciès de paléolaves.  1, record 1, French, - porphyrite

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La structure est typiquement porphyrique, avec de gros cristaux feldspathiques clairs noyés dans une masse de fond sombre («porphyrite plagioclasique») ou bien avec des feldspaths et des amphiboles prismatiques («porphyrite amphibolique»). Ces porphyrites micacées et amphibolitiques foncées se trouvent dans la région de Lugano (Suisse), dans le Piémont et dans les Préalpes de Lombardie (Italie).  1, record 1, French, - porphyrite

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Nombre genérico de las rocas efusivas antiguas, químicamente básicas o neutras, que contienen grandes fenocristales inclusos en una pasta vítrea.  1, record 1, Spanish, - porfirita

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

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A hypabyssal rock, granitic in composition, having a porphyritic, microgranular texture.  2, record 2, English, - microgranite

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Microgranites are merely very fine grained types.  3, record 2, English, - microgranite

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Microgranites and granophyres differ little from granites except in coarseness and texture.  4, record 2, English, - microgranite

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

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Roche hypo-abyssique de même composition que le granite, mais à texture porphyrique, microgrenue.  2, record 2, French, - microgranite

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Les microgranites [sont] abondants dans les régions granitiques.  3, record 2, French, - microgranite

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Roca de igual composición que la del granito, pero de estructura microgranuda, formada en la superficie terrestre a partir de una lava muy viscosa.  1, record 2, Spanish, - microgranito

Record 3,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A group of extrusive igneous rocks, typically porphyritic and commonly exhibiting flow texture, with phenocrysts of quartz and alkali feldspar in a glassy to cryptocrystalline groundmass.  3, record 3, English, - rhyolite

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS

liparite: A synonym of rhyolite used by German and Soviet authors. Its name, given by Roth in 1861, is derived from the Lipari Island, in the Tyrrhenian Sea. Not recommended usage; the much more widely used synonym rhyolite has priority by one year.  3, record 3, English, - rhyolite

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Mineralized rhyolite, unmineralized rhyolite.  4, record 3, English, - rhyolite

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Roche magmatique effusive, fréquemment riche en verre, de teinte claire, à microlites et phénocristaux rares.  2, record 3, French, - rhyolite

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Sa structure est fluidale, plus ou moins sphérolitique et sa composition correspond à celle des granites.  2, record 3, French, - rhyolite

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liparite : certains auteurs considèrent la liparite comme une variété de rhyolite pauvre en verre, alors que certains autres traitent ce terme comme synonyme.  4, record 3, French, - rhyolite

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 PHR

Rhyolite minéralisée, rhyolite non minéralisée.  5, record 3, French, - rhyolite

Record 3,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Roca volcánica, subalcalina o alcalina, ácida, rica en vidrio y con cristales de cuarzo, feldespato alcalino y biotita y con textura fluidal [...] con frecuencia tiene plagioclasa y anfíbol.  1, record 3, Spanish, - riolita

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS

liparita: de isla de Lipari, Italia.  1, record 3, Spanish, - riolita

Record 4,  Textual support,  English

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An igneous rock with a porphyritic texture contains both large crystals visible to the naked eye—called phenocrysts—and small crystals that are too small to see.  1, record 4, English, - porphyritic%20texture

Record 4,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Texture à très gros grains (phénocristaux) parsemés d'une pâte de cristaux fins.  1, record 4, French, - texture%20porphyro%C3%AFde

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Record 5,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Said of the texture of a porphyritic igneous rock(or of a rock with such a texture) having large megascopic phenocrysts in an aphanitic groundmass.  3, record 5, English, - porphyritic%2Daphanitic

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A porphyritic-aphanitic texture is defined as a rock having an aphanitic groundmass, or matrix, in which embedded phenocrysts make up more than 10% of the total rock volume. The phenocrysts are visible to the unaided eye.  1, record 5, English, - porphyritic%2Daphanitic

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Porphyritic - This term applies to an igneous rock in which larger grains (phenocrysts) are embedded in a matrix of distinctly smaller grains (groundmass) which are either phaneritic or aphanitic: porphyro-phaneritic [if] both the large phenocrysts as well as the smaller crystals in the groundmass are large enough to see without magnification; porphyro-aphanitic if the phenocrysts are large enough to see but the groundmass is microcrystalline.  4, record 5, English, - porphyritic%2Daphanitic

Record 5,  Textual support,  French

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Dykes porphyriques et aphanitiques.  1, record 5, French, - porphyrique%20et%20aphanitique

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Si aucun minéral n'est visible, on parle de texture vitreuse aphanitique. Si quelques minéraux présents sont de plus grosse taille, on parle de texture vitreuse porphyrique.  3, record 5, French, - porphyrique%20et%20aphanitique

Record 5,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 6,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 DEF

[Said of a] porphyritic texture that is visible only under the microscope.  2, record 6, English, - microporphyritic

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microporphyritic: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.  3, record 6, English, - microporphyritic

Record 6,  Textual support,  French

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Texture microporphyrique : nombreux microcristaux + des phénocristaux résultant d'un refroidissement lent en profondeur.  2, record 6, French, - microporphyrique

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microporphyrique : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.  3, record 6, French, - microporphyrique

Record 6,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 7,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 DEF

An adjective(or suffix) referring to porphyritic texture.  3, record 7, English, - phyric

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The plagioclase-phyric Jozini rhyolites, which are volumetrically the more significant unit, directly overlie the Sabie River basalts along most of the length of the Lebombo. Together with the sparsely quartz-phyric Mbuluzi rhyolites (and associated subsidiary quartz-phyric Oribi Beds), which are laterally discontinuous and occur principally in Swaziland, the two formations comprise a maximum thickness of around 5000 m of continuous rhyolite with no interbedded basalts.  4, record 7, English, - phyric

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The terms phyric and glomeroporphyritic indicate the presence of phenocrysts and clusters of phenocrysts, respectively.  5, record 7, English, - phyric

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Volcanic rocks classified according to the nature and abundance of phenocryst assemblages are often described as aphyric when 1% phenocrysts are visible with a hand lens. ... The suffix "-phyric" includes all of the phenocryst phases that occur in the rock, as long as the total content >1%.  6, record 7, English, - phyric

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 3 OBS

phyric: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.  7, record 7, English, - phyric

Record 7,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Deux phénotypes de coulées peuvent être observés, ceux à phénocristaux de plagioclases (mousse de plagioclases) principalement à la limite des basaltes des marges externes et ceux aphyriques, pauvres en phénocristaux de plagioclases constituant les laves en coulées de type «aa» [...]  2, record 7, French, - %C3%A0%20ph%C3%A9nocristaux%20de

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à phénocristaux de : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.  3, record 7, French, - %C3%A0%20ph%C3%A9nocristaux%20de

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 PHR

À phénocristaux de feldspath, de plagioclase, de quartz.  3, record 7, French, - %C3%A0%20ph%C3%A9nocristaux%20de

Record 7,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 8,  Textual support,  English

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A relatively large, conspicuous crystal in a porphyric rock.  2, record 8, English, - phenocryst

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If a magma crystallizes to give some large crystals in a groundmass of much finer crystals or glass, the large crystals are called phenocrysts; it is usually supposed that the phenocrysts grew large while the magma was subterranean, and that rise of the magma to the surface later provoked quick, fine crystallization of the material between the phenocrysts.  3, record 8, English, - phenocryst

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Porphyritic texture refers to rocks containing large, early formed crystals(phenocrysts) set in a finer ground matrix...  4, record 8, English, - phenocryst

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phenocryst: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.  5, record 8, English, - phenocryst

Record 8,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Cristal de grande taille, souvent automorphe, présent dans les roches magmatiques [possédant] une texture porphyrique.  2, record 8, French, - ph%C3%A9nocristal

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Si un magma cristallise en donnant de très grands cristaux dans une pâte soit vitreuse, soit faite de cristaux beaucoup plus petits, les grands cristaux prennent le nom de phénocristaux; on considère généralement que les phénocristaux ont atteint cette grande taille tandis que le magma était encore en profondeur, et que la montée de ce magma a entraîné la cristallisation rapide des éléments entre les phénocristaux.  3, record 8, French, - ph%C3%A9nocristal

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 2 CONT

Les phénocristaux de quartz [...] sont des prismes bipyramidés souvent corrodés ou éclatés. Les phénocristaux de feldspaths sont souvent représentés par la sanidine [...] d'aspect craquelé, transparent alors que ceux d'orthose sont en général d'un blanc laiteux.  4, record 8, French, - ph%C3%A9nocristal

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Ne pas confondre avec le terme «mégacristal» qui n'implique pas une cristallisation à partir du magma initial et n'a pas de connotation génétique.  5, record 8, French, - ph%C3%A9nocristal

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phénocristal : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.  5, record 8, French, - ph%C3%A9nocristal

Record 8,  Textual support,  Spanish

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Cristal suficientemente grande como para que se destaque de la masa de la roca eruptiva o endógena que lo contiene.  1, record 8, Spanish, - fenocristal

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Los fenocristales miden uno o varios centímetros y se componen de cuarzo, feldespatos, hornblenda, piroxeno, biotita, etc. Han cristalizado lentamente en el seno de un magma fluido cuya solidificación ulterior ha sido bastante rápida. La presencia de estos cristales confiere a las rocas la textura propia de los pórfidos.  1, record 8, Spanish, - fenocristal

Record 9,  Textual support,  English

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Andesites are called "pyroxene andesites" since the samples displaying porphyritic texture includes plagioclase and pyroxene crystals.  3, record 9, English, - pyroxene%20andesite

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The rocks are named from other phenocryst phases; i.e a pyroxene-andesite will have phenocrysts of plagioclase and pyroxene.  4, record 9, English, - pyroxene%20andesite

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pyroxene andesite: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.  5, record 9, English, - pyroxene%20andesite

Record 9,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Roche, de couleur, gris claire, gris bleuâtre [dont] les phénocristaux de plagioclase de grandeur moyenne donnent près 24 à 30 % An [andésite].  2, record 9, French, - and%C3%A9site%20%C3%A0%20pyrox%C3%A8ne

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Les coulées de lave en direction du Nord-Est dans le ruisseau Rukov sont un basalte à olivine et une andésite à pyroxène.  3, record 9, French, - and%C3%A9site%20%C3%A0%20pyrox%C3%A8ne

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andésite à pyroxène : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.  4, record 9, French, - and%C3%A9site%20%C3%A0%20pyrox%C3%A8ne

Record 9,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 10,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Pertains to a group of extrusive igneous rocks [which] are generally porphyritic and exhibit flow texture.  2, record 10, English, - rhyolitic

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rhyolitic: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.  3, record 10, English, - rhyolitic

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Rhyolitic flow, lava, rock, tuff.  3, record 10, English, - rhyolitic

Record 10,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 OBS

rhyolitique : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.  2, record 10, French, - rhyolitique

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Coulée, lave, roche, tuf rhyolitique.  2, record 10, French, - rhyolitique

Record 10,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 11,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 DEF

... the texture of a porphyritic igneous rock in which the groundmass, composed of a glassy or partly crystalline material other than augite, occupies the interstices between unoriented feldspar laths, the groundmass forming a relatively small proportion of the rock.  2, record 11, English, - intersertal%20texture

Record 11,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 DEF

[...] structure présente dans les roches magmatiques volcaniques, et caractérisée par des microlites ménageant entre eux des petits espaces polygonaux occupés par une mésostase (pâte) vitreuse ou crypto-cristalline.  3, record 11, French, - structure%20intersertale

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Dans la structure intersertale, les cases polygonales délimitées par les lattes feldspathiques sont occupées uniquement par du pyroxène largement cristallisé. Parfois un seul individu cristallin de pyroxène remplit à lui tout seul toute une case.  4, record 11, French, - structure%20intersertale

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 OBS

«Texture» est synonyme de «structure» dans le sens de «structure des roches» p. ex. structure grenue, microgrenue, foliée, ..., et non dans le sens de «structure minérale» comme c'est le cas pour «structure intersertale».  5, record 11, French, - structure%20intersertale

Record 11,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Textura de una roca endógena y vulcaniana cuando consta de placas de feldespato entre las cuales se han imbricado delgadas capas de vidrio.  1, record 11, Spanish, - textura%20intersertal

Record 12,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 12, Textual support number: 1 OBS

blastoporphyritic : Said of a relict texture in a metamorphic rock in which traces of an original porphyritic texture remain.  2, record 12, English, - blastoporphyritic%20rock

Record 12,  Textual support,  French

Record 12,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 13,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 13, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Said of a relict texture in a metamorphic rock in which traces of an original porphyritic texture remain.  2, record 13, English, - blastoporphyritic

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Not to be confused with "porphyroblastic."  3, record 13, English, - blastoporphyritic

Record 13,  Textual support,  French

Record 13,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 14,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 14, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Said of the texture of a rock in which some of the crystal components are aggregated in clusters. This texture differs from "glomeroporphyritic" and "cumulophyric" in that it need not involve a porphyritic rock or have the mineral clusters form the phenocrysts.  1, record 14, English, - synneusis

Record 14,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 14, Textual support number: 1 OBS

La synneusis est l'association par juxtaposition de deux ou plusieurs cristaux d'une même espèce en suspension dans un magma. Elle est fréquente dans des roches volcaniques. Le contact des deux cristaux se fait normalement par leurs faces principales, et le plus souvent l'association s'opère en orientation cristallographique parallèle ou suivant des orientations de macle.  1, record 14, French, - synneusis

Record 14,  Textual support,  Spanish