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CORDIERITA [11 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2016-02-05
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Mineralogy
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- praseolite
1, record 1, English, praseolite
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
A green alteration product of iolite. 1, record 1, English, - praseolite
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Minéralogie
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- praséolite
1, record 1, French, pras%C3%A9olite
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Silicate hydraté naturel d'aluminium, de magnésium et de fer, dont la couleur varie du vert clair au vert foncé, et qui résulte de l'altération de la cordiérite. 1, record 1, French, - pras%C3%A9olite
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Mineralogía
Record 1, Main entry term, Spanish
- praseolita
1, record 1, Spanish, praseolita
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 1, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Sustancia mineral que resulta de la alteración de la cordierita. 1, record 1, Spanish, - praseolita
Record 2 - internal organization data 2015-04-17
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Mineralogy
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- groppite
1, record 2, English, groppite
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Aluminosilicate of magnesium, calcium, and potasium. 1, record 2, English, - groppite
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Minéralogie
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- groppite
1, record 2, French, groppite
correct, feminine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Variété de pinite, qui provient de l'altération de la cordiérite. 1, record 2, French, - groppite
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Mineralogía
Record 2, Main entry term, Spanish
- groppita
1, record 2, Spanish, groppita
correct, feminine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 2, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Mineral que resulta de la seudometamorfosis de la cordierita en pirita. 1, record 2, Spanish, - groppita
Record 3 - internal organization data 2012-11-23
Record 3, English
Record 3, Subject field(s)
- Petrography
Record 3, Main entry term, English
- kinzigite
1, record 3, English, kinzigite
correct
Record 3, Abbreviations, English
Record 3, Synonyms, English
Record 3, Textual support, English
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A metamorphic schistose rock containing garnet, biotite, and varying amounts of quartz, plagioclase, sillimanite, and cordierite. 2, record 3, English, - kinzigite
Record 3, French
Record 3, Domaine(s)
- Pétrographie
Record 3, Main entry term, French
- kinzigite
1, record 3, French, kinzigite
correct, feminine noun
Record 3, Abbreviations, French
Record 3, Synonyms, French
Record 3, Textual support, French
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Roche métamorphique à gros grains, constituée de grenat, de biotite, de quartz, de sillimanite prismatique, de cordiérite et de graphite. 2, record 3, French, - kinzigite
Record 3, Spanish
Record 3, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Petrografía
Record 3, Main entry term, Spanish
- kinzigita
1, record 3, Spanish, kinzigita
correct, feminine noun
Record 3, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 3, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 3, Textual support, Spanish
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Neis rico en granate y cordierita. 1, record 3, Spanish, - kinzigita
Record 4 - internal organization data 2012-06-27
Record 4, English
Record 4, Subject field(s)
- Mineralogy
Record 4, Main entry term, English
- gigantolite
1, record 4, English, gigantolite
correct
Record 4, Abbreviations, English
Record 4, Synonyms, English
Record 4, Textual support, English
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A variety of pinite, crystallized in six- or twelve- sided prisms from the gneissos granite of Finland. It is altered iolite. 1, record 4, English, - gigantolite
Record 4, French
Record 4, Domaine(s)
- Minéralogie
Record 4, Main entry term, French
- gigantolite
1, record 4, French, gigantolite
correct, feminine noun
Record 4, Abbreviations, French
Record 4, Synonyms, French
Record 4, Textual support, French
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Silicate hydraté naturel d'aluminium et de fer, appartenant au genre cordiérite, que l'on rencontre dans le granite gneissique de Finlande. 1, record 4, French, - gigantolite
Record 4, Spanish
Record 4, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Mineralogía
Record 4, Main entry term, Spanish
- gigantolita
1, record 4, Spanish, gigantolita
correct, feminine noun
Record 4, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 4, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 4, Textual support, Spanish
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Silicato hidratado de aluminio y hierro del grupo de la cordierita. 1, record 4, Spanish, - gigantolita
Record 5 - internal organization data 2012-03-07
Record 5, English
Record 5, Subject field(s)
- Mineralogy
Record 5, Main entry term, English
- chlorophyllite
1, record 5, English, chlorophyllite
correct
Record 5, Abbreviations, English
Record 5, Synonyms, English
Record 5, Textual support, English
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF
An altered variety of cordierite consisting of a hydrous silicate of aluminum and magnesium. 1, record 5, English, - chlorophyllite
Record 5, French
Record 5, Domaine(s)
- Minéralogie
Record 5, Main entry term, French
- chlorophyllite
1, record 5, French, chlorophyllite
correct, feminine noun
Record 5, Abbreviations, French
Record 5, Synonyms, French
Record 5, Textual support, French
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Silicate hydraté d'aluminium et de magnésium, résultant de l'altération de la cordiérite. 1, record 5, French, - chlorophyllite
Record 5, Spanish
Record 5, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Mineralogía
Record 5, Main entry term, Spanish
- clorofilita
1, record 5, Spanish, clorofilita
correct, feminine noun
Record 5, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 5, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 5, Textual support, Spanish
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Silicato hidratado de aluminio y magnesio, que no es sino el producto de la alteración de la cordierita. 1, record 5, Spanish, - clorofilita
Record 6 - internal organization data 2011-06-17
Record 6, English
Record 6, Subject field(s)
- Mineralogy
- Gemmology
Record 6, Main entry term, English
- cordierite
1, record 6, English, cordierite
correct
Record 6, Abbreviations, English
Record 6, Synonyms, English
- dichroite 2, record 6, English, dichroite
correct, see observation
Record 6, Textual support, English
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A light- to dark-blue or violet-blue orthorhombic mineral which consists of a silicate of aluminum and magnesium, and exhibits strong pleochroism. 3, record 6, English, - cordierite
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 OBS
dichroite: Obsolete synonym for cordierite. 4, record 6, English, - cordierite
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 2 OBS
Cordierite [is] strongly different in color in different crystal directions, changing in a small grain from violet-blue to grayish as it is turned (hence, one of its name, "dichroite"). 5, record 6, English, - cordierite
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 3 OBS
Cordierite is also known ... as dichroite because of its remarkable color change. 5, record 6, English, - cordierite
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 4 OBS
Cordierite ... is named after the French geologist P.L.A. Cordier. 6, record 6, English, - cordierite
Record 6, French
Record 6, Domaine(s)
- Minéralogie
- Gemmologie
Record 6, Main entry term, French
- cordiérite
1, record 6, French, cordi%C3%A9rite
correct, feminine noun
Record 6, Abbreviations, French
Record 6, Synonyms, French
- dichroïte 2, record 6, French, dichro%C3%AFte
correct, feminine noun
Record 6, Textual support, French
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Minéral du système orthorhombique, constitué d'un silicate d'aluminium et de magnésium de couleur bleu vif à bleu-violet et bleu-vert à grisâtre. 3, record 6, French, - cordi%C3%A9rite
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Orthorhombique en facies prismatique [...] Les beaux cristaux sont [...] assez exceptionnels. La teinte naturelle de la cordiérite est le bleu noir, à éclat très gras. Les belles variétés, rares à la vérité, sont d'un très beau bleu profond; [...] Cet élément est dur, d = 7,5 de masse spécifique qui varie de 2,55 à 2,65, [...] Elle possède la particularité de transmettre sélectivement les couleurs à partir de la lumière blanche [...] ce phénomène, particulièrement important dans la cordiérite, s'appelle le dichroïsme, d'où le nom de dichroïte [...] 4, record 6, French, - cordi%C3%A9rite
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 OBS
cordiérite : Étymologie : en l'honneur du géologue français Cordier. 3, record 6, French, - cordi%C3%A9rite
Record 6, Spanish
Record 6, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Mineralogía
- Estudio de las gemas
Record 6, Main entry term, Spanish
- cordierita
1, record 6, Spanish, cordierita
correct, feminine noun
Record 6, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 6, Synonyms, Spanish
- dicroíta 1, record 6, Spanish, dicro%C3%ADta
correct, feminine noun
Record 6, Textual support, Spanish
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Silicato de aluminio y magnesio [...] en cuya composición una parte del magnesio puede ser reemplazada por hierro o por manganeso. 1, record 6, Spanish, - cordierita
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Cristaliza en el sistema rómbico y sus cristales policromos, de forma prismática, se encuentran en las rocas metamórficas. 1, record 6, Spanish, - cordierita
Record 7 - internal organization data 2005-08-02
Record 7, English
Record 7, Subject field(s)
- Mineralogy
Record 7, Main entry term, English
- iberite
1, record 7, English, iberite
correct
Record 7, Abbreviations, English
Record 7, Synonyms, English
Record 7, Textual support, English
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 DEF
An alkaline variety of cordierite. 1, record 7, English, - iberite
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Pinite is an alteration product of cordierite. 2, record 7, English, - iberite
Record 7, French
Record 7, Domaine(s)
- Minéralogie
Record 7, Main entry term, French
- ibérite
1, record 7, French, ib%C3%A9rite
correct, feminine noun
Record 7, Abbreviations, French
Record 7, Synonyms, French
Record 7, Textual support, French
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Silicate hydraté naturel d'aluminium, de magnésium et de fer (Variété de pinite). 1, record 7, French, - ib%C3%A9rite
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 OBS
La pinite est un produit de l'altération de la cordiérite. 2, record 7, French, - ib%C3%A9rite
Record 7, Spanish
Record 7, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Mineralogía
Record 7, Main entry term, Spanish
- iberita
1, record 7, Spanish, iberita
correct, feminine noun
Record 7, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 7, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 7, Textual support, Spanish
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Silicato hidratado de aluminio, magnesio y hierro, que cristaliza en el sistema rómbico; resulta de la alteración de la cordierita. 1, record 7, Spanish, - iberita
Record 8 - internal organization data 2005-03-07
Record 8, English
Record 8, Subject field(s)
- Mineralogy
Record 8, Main entry term, English
- fahlunite
1, record 8, English, fahlunite
correct
Record 8, Abbreviations, English
Record 8, Synonyms, English
Record 8, Textual support, English
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 DEF
An altered form of iolite. 1, record 8, English, - fahlunite
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Iolite is a variety of cordierite. 2, record 8, English, - fahlunite
Record 8, French
Record 8, Domaine(s)
- Minéralogie
Record 8, Main entry term, French
- fahlunite
1, record 8, French, fahlunite
correct, feminine noun
Record 8, Abbreviations, French
Record 8, Synonyms, French
Record 8, Textual support, French
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Silicate hydraté naturel d'aluminium et de magnésium, provenant de l'altération de la cordiérite. 1, record 8, French, - fahlunite
Record 8, Spanish
Record 8, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Mineralogía
Record 8, Main entry term, Spanish
- falunita
1, record 8, Spanish, falunita
correct, feminine noun
Record 8, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 8, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 8, Textual support, Spanish
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Silicato hidratado de aluminio y magnesio que resulta de la alteración de la cordierita. 1, record 8, Spanish, - falunita
Record 9 - internal organization data 2005-01-18
Record 9, English
Record 9, Subject field(s)
- Mineralogy
Record 9, Main entry term, English
- jollyte
1, record 9, English, jollyte
correct
Record 9, Abbreviations, English
Record 9, Synonyms, English
Record 9, Textual support, English
Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A mineral. It is an aluminium-iron-magnesium silicate. 1, record 9, English, - jollyte
Record 9, French
Record 9, Domaine(s)
- Minéralogie
Record 9, Main entry term, French
- jollyte
1, record 9, French, jollyte
correct
Record 9, Abbreviations, French
Record 9, Synonyms, French
Record 9, Textual support, French
Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Aluminosilicate naturel de fer et de magnésium. 1, record 9, French, - jollyte
Record 9, Spanish
Record 9, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Mineralogía
Record 9, Main entry term, Spanish
- jolita
1, record 9, Spanish, jolita
correct, feminine noun
Record 9, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 9, Synonyms, Spanish
- jollyta 1, record 9, Spanish, jollyta
correct, feminine noun
Record 9, Textual support, Spanish
Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Aluminosilicato de hierro y magnesio; es una variedad de cordierita. 1, record 9, Spanish, - jolita
Record 10 - internal organization data 2004-12-10
Record 10, English
Record 10, Subject field(s)
- Petrography
Record 10, Main entry term, English
- norite
1, record 10, English, norite
correct
Record 10, Abbreviations, English
Record 10, Synonyms, English
- hypersthenfels 2, record 10, English, hypersthenfels
correct, less frequent
Record 10, Textual support, English
Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A coarse-grained plutonic rock containing labradorite as the chief constituent and differing from gabbro by the presence of hypersthene as the dominant mafic mineral. 2, record 10, English, - norite
Record 10, French
Record 10, Domaine(s)
- Pétrographie
Record 10, Main entry term, French
- norite
1, record 10, French, norite
correct, feminine noun
Record 10, Abbreviations, French
Record 10, Synonyms, French
Record 10, Textual support, French
Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Gabbro à hypersthène, particulièrement alumineux (nodules de cordiérite, spinelles, etc.). 2, record 10, French, - norite
Record 10, Spanish
Record 10, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Petrografía
Record 10, Main entry term, Spanish
- norita
1, record 10, Spanish, norita
correct, feminine noun
Record 10, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 10, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 10, Textual support, Spanish
Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Variedad de gabro que contiene hiperstena, especialmente espinelas y nódulos de cordierita. 1, record 10, Spanish, - norita
Record 11 - internal organization data 2004-11-29
Record 11, English
Record 11, Subject field(s)
- Mineralogy
Record 11, Main entry term, English
- auralite
1, record 11, English, auralite
correct
Record 11, Abbreviations, English
Record 11, Synonyms, English
Record 11, Textual support, English
Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Altered iolite. 1, record 11, English, - auralite
Record 11, French
Record 11, Domaine(s)
- Minéralogie
Record 11, Main entry term, French
- auralite
1, record 11, French, auralite
correct, feminine noun
Record 11, Abbreviations, French
Record 11, Synonyms, French
Record 11, Textual support, French
Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Silicate résultant de l'altération de la cordiérite. 2, record 11, French, - auralite
Record number: 11, Textual support number: 2 DEF
Variété de cordiérite. 3, record 11, French, - auralite
Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Nom masculin d'après la source LGRAN. 4, record 11, French, - auralite
Record 11, Spanish
Record 11, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Mineralogía
Record 11, Main entry term, Spanish
- auralita
1, record 11, Spanish, auralita
correct, feminine noun
Record 11, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 11, Synonyms, Spanish
- aurolita 1, record 11, Spanish, aurolita
correct, feminine noun
Record 11, Textual support, Spanish
Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Silicato que resulta de la alteración de la cordierita. 1, record 11, Spanish, - auralita
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