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Record 1 2000-06-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
  • Petrography
OBS

See "heteromorphic."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
  • Pétrographie
DEF

[...] nodule [qui] se détache nettement de la pâte de fond dont il diffère par sa composition, sa couleur et sa dureté. Ses contours sont nets. Sa forme est sphérique, ovoïde, amygdaloïde, allongée, lenticulaire ou étirée (étirage non tectonique).

Spanish

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