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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A texture sometimes observed in a thin section of a rock, in which a ring of one mineral occurs with another mineral or minerals inside and outside the ring.  3, record 1, English, - atoll%20texture

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Chromites deposited with interstitial silicate liquid may suffer corrosion and partial resorption to produce atoll textures and rounded grains, whereas those developed in monomineralic bands may, during the cooling of a large parent intrusion, suffer auto-annealing and develop foam texture.  4, record 1, English, - atoll%20texture

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

core texture: In this texture, a second mineral occurs on the inside of an area of another mineral. Where the residual rim is at the same time enclosed in a mass of the invading mineral, the term atoll texture is more appropriate.  5, record 1, English, - atoll%20texture

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish