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Record 1 2001-09-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geochemistry
  • Mineralogy
DEF

Said of the shape of some minerals which occur as smoothly rounded masses resembling breast.

CONT

The commonest appearance [of arsenic] is in rounded mammillary or botryoidal crusts or granular masses.

OBS

The term "mammilary" and its synonyms are used on a larger scale than "reniform" and "botryoidal."

Key term(s)
  • mammilated

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géochimie
  • Minéralogie
CONT

L'arsenic se présente surtout en masses écailleuses ou grenues, mamelonnées ou stalactitiques.

Spanish

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