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TESCHENITE [2 records]

Record 1 2013-06-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

A coarse- to fine-grained, rather dark-coloured, intrusive igneous rock [consisting] primarily of plagioclase feldspar, analcime, and titaniferous augite, with barkevikite, nepheline, and olivine usually in lesser amounts.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
DEF

Variété de théralite à structure doléritique, avec analcime, labradorite, augite pourpre, barkévicite et parfois olivine.

Spanish

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Record 2 2013-05-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

... a variety of teschenite containing prominent phenocrysts of titanian augite and kaersutite...

OBS

[In lugarite] labradorite is minor and analcime abundant.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie

Spanish

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