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FER GRAIN FIN [7 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2016-02-12
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Botany
Universal entry(ies) Record 1
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- goncalo alves
1, record 1, English, goncalo%20alves
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A tall tropical American timber tree (Astronium fraxinifoium) of the family Anacardiaceae that is esp. abundant in eastern Brazil. 1, record 1, English, - goncalo%20alves
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Botanique
Entrée(s) universelle(s) Record 1
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- gonçalo alves
1, record 1, French, gon%C3%A7alo%20alves
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Arbre d’Amérique tropicale, au bois brun-rouge foncé, veiné ou moucheté, ou noir-brun, à grain fin, dur et lourd, employé en menuiserie, charpente, traverses de chemin de fer, ébénisterie, placage, tournage et pour la fabrication des navettes.(Genre astronium; famille des anacardiacées). 1, record 1, French, - gon%C3%A7alo%20alves
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 2006-06-06
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Processing of Mineral Products
- Mineral Processing (Metallurgy)
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- amenable
1, record 2, English, amenable
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
The marginal, partially leached oxide facies of the iron-formation are usually amenable to beneficiation by removal of the silica grains by washing, and concentration of the iron oxide mineral grains and oolites by flotation and gravity processes. 1, record 2, English, - amenable
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Préparation des produits miniers
- Minéralurgie (Métallurgie)
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- susceptible
1, record 2, French, susceptible
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
- apte 1, record 2, French, apte
correct
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Les faciès oxydés marginaux, partiellement lessivés, de la formation de fer sont habituellement susceptibles d’être enrichis en éliminant les grains de silice par lavage, et en concentrant les grains d’oxydes de fer et les oolites par flottation et procédés gravimétriques. 1, record 2, French, - susceptible
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 CONT
Les formations de fer très métamorphisées [...] sont généralement plus aptes au traitement et à la concentration des minéraux d’oxydes de fer que les lithofaciès à grain fin. 1, record 2, French, - susceptible
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
Record 3 - internal organization data 2006-05-30
Record 3, English
Record 3, Subject field(s)
- Petrography
Record 3, Main entry term, English
- saprolitic
1, record 3, English, saprolitic
correct
Record 3, Abbreviations, English
Record 3, Synonyms, English
Record 3, Textual support, English
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT
When silica, calcium, magnesium, and iron are leached from fine grained black shale and slate, the primary beds and banding stand out in the red ore as punky soft saprolitic alumina-rich clay layers that contain no appreciable amount of iron. 1, record 3, English, - saprolitic
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 PHR
Saprolitic profile. 1, record 3, English, - saprolitic
Record 3, French
Record 3, Domaine(s)
- Pétrographie
Record 3, Main entry term, French
- saprolitique
1, record 3, French, saprolitique
correct
Record 3, Abbreviations, French
Record 3, Synonyms, French
Record 3, Textual support, French
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Quand la silice, le calcium, le magnésium et le fer sont lessivés des shales et ardoises noirs à grain fin, les couches et le rubanement primaires ressortent du minerai rouge sous forme de tendres couches saprolitiques semi-indurées et argiles alumineuses qui ne contiennent aucune quantité appréciable de fer. 1, record 3, French, - saprolitique
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 PHR
Coupe saprolitique. 1, record 3, French, - saprolitique
Record 3, Spanish
Record 3, Textual support, Spanish
Record 4 - internal organization data 2006-05-18
Record 4, English
Record 4, Subject field(s)
- Petrography
- Iron and Manganese Mining
Record 4, Main entry term, English
- paint rock
1, record 4, English, paint%20rock
correct
Record 4, Abbreviations, English
Record 4, Synonyms, English
Record 4, Textual support, English
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A soft, incompetent, fine-grained mass of quartz, pyrolusite, and kaolin with subangular fragments of chert, hematite, and goethite. 2, record 4, English, - paint%20rock
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Leached slate beds vary from white to pink or deep red and are known as "paint rock". The intimate intergrowths of iron oxide and aluminous clay or silica make these ores difficult to beneficiate. 3, record 4, English, - paint%20rock
Record 4, French
Record 4, Domaine(s)
- Pétrographie
- Mines de fer et de manganèse
Record 4, Main entry term, French
- ocre de fer
1, record 4, French, ocre%20de%20fer
correct, feminine noun
Record 4, Abbreviations, French
Record 4, Synonyms, French
- argile schistoferrugineuse 2, record 4, French, argile%20schistoferrugineuse
feminine noun
Record 4, Textual support, French
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Quand la silice, le calcium, le magnésium et le fer sont lessivés des shales et ardoises noirs à grain fin, les couches et le rubanement primaires ressortent du minerai rouge sous forme de tendres couches saprolitiques semi-indurées à argiles alumineuses qui ne contiennent aucune quantité appréciable de fer. Ces couches d’ardoise lessivée sont appelées «ocre de fer» et leur couleur varie de blanc à rose ou rouge foncé. 3, record 4, French, - ocre%20de%20fer
Record 4, Spanish
Record 4, Textual support, Spanish
Record 5 - internal organization data 2006-02-02
Record 5, English
Record 5, Subject field(s)
- Various Metal Ores
Record 5, Main entry term, English
- punky layer
1, record 5, English, punky%20layer
correct
Record 5, Abbreviations, English
Record 5, Synonyms, English
Record 5, Textual support, English
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT
When silica, calcium, magnesium, and iron are leached from fine grained black shale and slate, the primary beds and banding stand out in the red ore as punky soft saprolitic alumina-rich clay layers that contain no appreciable amount of iron. 1, record 5, English, - punky%20layer
Record 5, French
Record 5, Domaine(s)
- Minerais divers (Mines métalliques)
Record 5, Main entry term, French
- couche semi-indurée
1, record 5, French, couche%20semi%2Dindur%C3%A9e
correct, feminine noun
Record 5, Abbreviations, French
Record 5, Synonyms, French
Record 5, Textual support, French
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Quand la silice, le calcium, le magnésium et le fer sont lessivés des shales et ardoises noirs à grain fin, les couches et le rubanement primaires ressortent du minerai rouge sous forme de tendres couches saprolitiques semi-indurées et argiles alumineuses qui ne contiennent aucune quantité appréciable de fer. 1, record 5, French, - couche%20semi%2Dindur%C3%A9e
Record 5, Spanish
Record 5, Textual support, Spanish
Record 6 - internal organization data 2006-02-02
Record 6, English
Record 6, Subject field(s)
- Iron and Manganese Mining
Record 6, Main entry term, English
- red ore
1, record 6, English, red%20ore
correct
Record 6, Abbreviations, English
Record 6, Synonyms, English
Record 6, Textual support, English
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Red ore is composed of earthy red hematite, goethite, soft aluminous silicates, and very fine grained chert or quartz. It is derived from the upper iron-rich part of the Ruth slate at the base of the iron-formation and from black slaty facies within it. 1, record 6, English, - red%20ore
Record 6, French
Record 6, Domaine(s)
- Mines de fer et de manganèse
Record 6, Main entry term, French
- minerai rouge
1, record 6, French, minerai%20rouge
correct, masculine noun
Record 6, Abbreviations, French
Record 6, Synonyms, French
Record 6, Textual support, French
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Le minerai rouge est composé d’hématite rouge terreuse, de goethite, de silicates alumineux tendres et de chert ou quartz à grain très fin. Il est dérivé de la partie supérieure riche en fer de l'ardoise de Ruth à la base de la formation de fer et du faciès ardoisier noir intercalé. 1, record 6, French, - minerai%20rouge
Record 6, Spanish
Record 6, Textual support, Spanish
Record 7 - internal organization data 2006-02-01
Record 7, English
Record 7, Subject field(s)
- Iron and Manganese Mining
Record 7, Main entry term, English
- blue ore
1, record 7, English, blue%20ore
correct
Record 7, Abbreviations, English
Record 7, Synonyms, English
Record 7, Textual support, English
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Blue ore was derived from cherty oxide lithofacies of iron-formation and is composed of fine grained, blue to dark grey-black hematite with lesser amounts of red hematite, martite, and brown goethite. It has a distinctly porous granular texture and contains primary ovoid granules or oolites of iron oxide replaced by later hematite or goethite, or enlarged by overgrowths of iron oxide. Blue ore may be friable to crumbly or nodular, or hard coherent and lumpy where a high proportion of secondary iron oxide cements relict fragments. 1, record 7, English, - blue%20ore
Record 7, Key term(s)
- blue iron ore
Record 7, French
Record 7, Domaine(s)
- Mines de fer et de manganèse
Record 7, Main entry term, French
- minerai de fer bleu
1, record 7, French, minerai%20de%20fer%20bleu
correct, masculine noun
Record 7, Abbreviations, French
Record 7, Synonyms, French
Record 7, Textual support, French
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Le minerai de fer bleu est dérivé de lithofaciès oxydés et cherteux de la formation de fer; il est composé d’hématite à grain fin, de couleur bleue à gris foncé-noir, avec des quantités moindres d’hématite rouge, de martite et de goethite brune. Sa texture est distinctement grenue et poreuse et contient des granules ovoïdes primaires ou oolites d’oxydes de fer remplacés ultérieurement par de l'hématite ou de la goethite, ou agrandis par des accroissements secondaires d’oxydes de fer. Le minerai de fer bleu peut être soit friable à granulaire ou noduleux ou bien encore cohérent, dur et grumeleux lorsqu'une forte proportion d’oxydes de fer d’origine secondaire cimente les fragments reliques. 2, record 7, French, - minerai%20de%20fer%20bleu
Record 7, Spanish
Record 7, Textual support, Spanish
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