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STRUCTURE APLITIQUE [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2017-05-11
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Petrography
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- pegmatitic texture
1, record 1, English, pegmatitic%20texture
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Coarse pegmatitic textures are present locally and may contain quartz, graphite, apatite, hornblende, and other hydrous silicates with appreciable chlorine contents ... 1, record 1, English, - pegmatitic%20texture
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
pegmatitic: Said of the texture of an exceptionally coarsely crystalline igneous rock ... 2, record 1, English, - pegmatitic%20texture
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS
texture: The general physical appearance or character of a rock, including the geometric aspects of, and the mutual relations among, the component particles or crystals ... 2, record 1, English, - pegmatitic%20texture
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Pétrographie
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- texture pegmatitique
1, record 1, French, texture%20pegmatitique
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- structure pegmatitique 2, record 1, French, structure%20pegmatitique
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
[...] structure d’une roche à grands cristaux. 3, record 1, French, - texture%20pegmatitique
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
La structure grenue [...] présente certaines variétés [...] :-structure aplitique : les éléments sont très fins, à peine visibles à l'œil nu. Aspect homogène;-structure pegmatitique : au contraire, développement énorme de tous les éléments(parfois plusieurs décimètres). [...];-structure porphyroïde : dans ce cas, l'aspect de la roche n’ est plus homogène, et de grands cristaux du type pegmatitique voisinent avec des éléments du type grenu. 4, record 1, French, - texture%20pegmatitique
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 CONT
On observe par endroits des textures pegmatitiques grossières, et les roches peuvent contenir du quartz, du graphite, de l’apatite, de la hornblende et d’autres silicates hydratés à concentration appréciable de chlore [...] 5, record 1, French, - texture%20pegmatitique
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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