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RINGWOODITE [1 record]

Record 1 2015-01-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
DEF

A high-pressure polymorph of olivine (a magnesium iron silicate) that is formed at high temperatures and pressures of the Earth's mantle between 525 and 660 km depth.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
OBS

Il s'agit [...] d'une forme d'olivine (l'olivine est un minéral qui abonde dans le manteau supérieur terrestre), qui s'est formée dans des conditions de pression très supérieures à celles qui entourent la formation de l'olivine. En d'autres termes, la ringwoodite est de l'olivine «formée à haute pression».

Spanish

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