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GRAUVACA [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2006-05-25
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Petrography
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- graywacke
1, record 1, English, graywacke
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- greywacke 2, record 1, English, greywacke
correct
- grauwacke 3, record 1, English, grauwacke
correct
- apogrit 3, record 1, English, apogrit
correct
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
... a dark ... and very hard, tough, and firmly indurated, coarse-grained sandstone [which] consists of poorly sorted and extremely angular to subangular grains of quartz and feldspar with an abundant variety of small, dark rock and mineral fragments embedded in a ... compact, partly metamorphosed clayey matrix having the general composition of slate and containing an abundance of very fine-grained micaceous ... and chloritic minerals; ... 3, record 1, English, - graywacke
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Pétrographie
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- grauwacke
1, record 1, French, grauwacke
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
[...] roche détritique sombre, pauvre en quartz, riche en débris de roches variées et à ciment détritique abondant très chloriteux. 2, record 1, French, - grauwacke
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Petrografía
Record 1, Main entry term, Spanish
- grauvaca
1, record 1, Spanish, grauvaca
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 1, Synonyms, Spanish
- grauwaka 1, record 1, Spanish, grauwaka
see observation, feminine noun
- grauwacke 1, record 1, Spanish, grauwacke
see observation, feminine noun
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Roca detrítica formada por la consolidación de los minerales que resultan de la descomposición del granito. 1, record 1, Spanish, - grauvaca
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Las grauvacas constan de mica, feldespatos y otros constituyentes del granito, incluyendo el cuarzo (aunque en proporciones mucho menores); todos esos elementos se hallan unidos por un cemento también detrítico. Su textura es arenosa y su color grisáceo. 1, record 1, Spanish, - grauvaca
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
grauwaka y grauwacke: nombre en alemán. 2, record 1, Spanish, - grauvaca
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