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Record 1 2002-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

A dark-colored, generally hypabyssal rock containing abundant olivine along with pyroxene, biotite, possibly amphibole, and less than 10% plagioclase.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
DEF

Péridotite à structure ophitique, l'olivine étant moulée par l'augite [...]

DEF

Roche volcanique ultrabasique noire, à structure doléritique ou microlitique, très riche en minéraux ferromagnésiens avec olivine dominante, augite, et accessoirement amphibole brune, biotite et plagioclase.

Spanish

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