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FERROMAGNESIAN SILICATE [1 record]

Record 1 2001-07-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geochemistry
  • Mineralogy
DEF

A silicate in which the positive ions are dominated by iron, magnesium, or both.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géochimie
  • Minéralogie
CONT

Le mica noir ou biotite [...] peut être considéré comme une combinaison de muscovite et d'un silicate ferro-magnésien, l'olivine [...]

CONT

Dans une roche purement alumineuse, les silicates ferro-magnésiens (biotite, staurotide [...] n'apparaissent pas.

OBS

ferromagnésien : Se dit des minéraux contenant du fer et du magnésium [...] ainsi que des roches riches en fer et en magnésium.

Spanish

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