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AMYGDULER [1 record]

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Record 1 1997-05-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Vulcanology and Seismology
  • Mineralogy
DEF

A lava in which the steam holes have been filled by chalcedony or other minerals.

CONT

At some stage after lava has solidified, the vesicles may be filled by a variety of secondary minerals, especially calcite and zeolites. The infilled vesicles are referred to as amygdales and the lavas containing them, amygdaloidal lavas....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Volcanologie et sismologie
  • Minéralogie
OBS

Souvent [les] vacuoles se remplissent par des cristallisations secondaires, faites de calcite ou de zéolites et dont l'aspect en amande donne aux laves une texture amygdalaire.

Spanish

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