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Record 1 2015-04-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
  • Petrography
OBS

monzonitic: Said of the texture of an igneous rock containing euhedral plagioclase crystals and some interstitial orthoclase.

OBS

granite: A plutonic rock in which quartz constitutes 10 to 50 percent of the felsic components and in which the alkali feldspar/total feldspar ratio is generally restricted to the range of 65 to 90 percent.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
  • Pétrographie
DEF

[...] granite alcalin où les deux sortes de feldspaths (plagioclases et alcalins) sont à l'égalité.

Spanish

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