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BRECHOIDE [10 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2012-04-19
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Petrography
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- brecciated structure
1, record 1, English, brecciated%20structure
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- brecciated texture 2, record 1, English, brecciated%20texture
correct
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
... a rock structure marked by an accumulation of angular fragments ... 3, record 1, English, - brecciated%20structure
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Some of the Fe-Ti oxide masses ... have local fragmented or brecciated structures, show evidence of plucking and stoping of the enclosing rocks, and contain abundant xenoliths of anorthosite and xenocrysts of plagioclase derived from anorthosite ... 4, record 1, English, - brecciated%20structure
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Pétrographie
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- structure bréchoïde
1, record 1, French, structure%20br%C3%A9cho%C3%AFde
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- texture bréchoïde 2, record 1, French, texture%20br%C3%A9cho%C3%AFde
correct, feminine noun
- structure bréchiforme 3, record 1, French, structure%20br%C3%A9chiforme
correct, feminine noun
- texture bréchique 4, record 1, French, texture%20br%C3%A9chique
correct, feminine noun
- structure de bréchification 5, record 1, French, structure%20de%20br%C3%A9chification
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Texture rocheuse caractérisée par la cimentation de fragments anguleux. 6, record 1, French, - structure%20br%C3%A9cho%C3%AFde
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Certaines roches [...] ont subi des actions mécaniques [...] Si [ces] actions [...] ont été telles que la roche a été brisée en fragments anguleux recimentés ultérieurement par un ciment [...], on a une texture bréchoïde [...] 2, record 1, French, - structure%20br%C3%A9cho%C3%AFde
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 CONT
Quelquefois ces zones [de composition minérale différente ou non] enveloppent des fragments des épontes enrobés dans le filon : c’est alors un cas de texture bréchique [...] 7, record 1, French, - structure%20br%C3%A9cho%C3%AFde
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Les termes texture et structure n’ont pas toujours un sens défini et sont fréquemment employés l’un pour l’autre. L’usage veut cependant que : le terme texture désigne les relations spatiales entre deux ou plusieurs minéraux ou minerais. [...] le terme structure concerne la morphologie d’un cristal ou d’un élément minéral [...] sans tenir compte des relations spatiales entre ce cristal (ou cet élément minéral) et ses voisins. 8, record 1, French, - structure%20br%C3%A9cho%C3%AFde
Record 1, Key term(s)
- structure bréchique
- texture bréchiforme
- texture de bréchification
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 2011-10-24
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Petrography
- Mineralogy
- Metals Mining
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- breccia vein
1, record 2, English, breccia%20vein
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
- brecciated vein 2, record 2, English, brecciated%20vein
correct
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A fissure containing numerous wall-rock fragments, with mineral deposits in the interstices. 1, record 2, English, - breccia%20vein
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Pétrographie
- Minéralogie
- Mines métalliques
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- filon bréchoïde
1, record 2, French, filon%20br%C3%A9cho%C3%AFde
correct, masculine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
- filon bréchique 2, record 2, French, filon%20br%C3%A9chique
correct, masculine noun
- filon bréchiforme 3, record 2, French, filon%20br%C3%A9chiforme
masculine noun
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Fracture remplie de fragments anguleux (éboulis de faille) qui ont été cimentés par la minéralisation. Les minéraux sont disposés en zones successives autour des blocs. 4, record 2, French, - filon%20br%C3%A9cho%C3%AFde
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Quand il y a remplissage, les filons sont souvent [...] bréchiques. 5, record 2, French, - filon%20br%C3%A9cho%C3%AFde
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 CONT
[...] il y avait des éboulis de faille dans la cassure, qui ont été cimentés par la minéralisation, donnant un filon bréchoïde, avec des minéraux qui se sont disposés autour des blocs en zones successives [...] 6, record 2, French, - filon%20br%C3%A9cho%C3%AFde
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Voir les fiches «bréchoïde» et «bréchique» pour la nuance entre les deux adjectifs. 7, record 2, French, - filon%20br%C3%A9cho%C3%AFde
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
Record 3 - internal organization data 2011-02-03
Record 3, English
Record 3, Subject field(s)
- Petrography
Record 3, Main entry term, English
- pisolitic
1, record 3, English, pisolitic
correct
Record 3, Abbreviations, English
Record 3, Synonyms, English
- pisolithic 2, record 3, English, pisolithic
correct
Record 3, Textual support, English
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Pertaining to pisolite or to the characteristic texture of such a rock. 3, record 3, English, - pisolitic
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Low-level peneplain-type bauxites ... are distinguished by the development of pisolitic textures and are often boehmitic in composition. 4, record 3, English, - pisolitic
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS
pisolitic: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector. 5, record 3, English, - pisolitic
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 PHR
Pisolitic sediment. 6, record 3, English, - pisolitic
Record 3, French
Record 3, Domaine(s)
- Pétrographie
Record 3, Main entry term, French
- pisolitique
1, record 3, French, pisolitique
correct
Record 3, Abbreviations, French
Record 3, Synonyms, French
- pisolithique 2, record 3, French, pisolithique
correct
Record 3, Textual support, French
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Qui contient des pisolites. 3, record 3, French, - pisolitique
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Si l’agrégat est formé de nodules plus ou moins sphériques, il va du «pisolitique» à l’«oolitique», en fonction de la diminution de la taille des nodules [...] 4, record 3, French, - pisolitique
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 2 CONT
Le minerai d’aluminium est la bauxite, roche cohérente assez dure et de structure variée : amorphe, granuleuse, pisolithique ou même bréchoïde [...] 5, record 3, French, - pisolitique
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS
pisolitique; pisolithique : termes en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre. 6, record 3, French, - pisolitique
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 PHR
Concrétion, sédiment pisolitique. 6, record 3, French, - pisolitique
Record 3, Spanish
Record 3, Textual support, Spanish
Record 4 - internal organization data 2011-01-06
Record 4, English
Record 4, Subject field(s)
- Mineralogy
Record 4, Main entry term, English
- brecciform
1, record 4, English, brecciform
correct
Record 4, Abbreviations, English
Record 4, Synonyms, English
- breccioid 1, record 4, English, breccioid
correct
- brecciated 2, record 4, English, brecciated
correct
- fragmented 3, record 4, English, fragmented
correct
Record 4, Textual support, English
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Resembling a breccia. 1, record 4, English, - brecciform
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Pitchblende ... occurred in several forms: botryoidal, spherulitic, brecciated, dendritic, massive, and as veinlets. 3, record 4, English, - brecciform
Record 4, French
Record 4, Domaine(s)
- Minéralogie
Record 4, Main entry term, French
- bréchiforme
1, record 4, French, br%C3%A9chiforme
correct
Record 4, Abbreviations, French
Record 4, Synonyms, French
- bréchoïde 2, record 4, French, br%C3%A9cho%C3%AFde
correct
- bréchique 3, record 4, French, br%C3%A9chique
correct
Record 4, Textual support, French
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Qui ressemble à une brèche. 4, record 4, French, - br%C3%A9chiforme
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT
[La] pechblende [...] se présentait sous plusieurs formes (botryoïdale, sphérulitique, bréchique, dendritique, massive et en filonnets). 3, record 4, French, - br%C3%A9chiforme
Record 4, Spanish
Record 4, Textual support, Spanish
Record 5 - internal organization data 2009-01-07
Record 5, English
Record 5, Subject field(s)
- Various Metal Ores
- Geochemistry
Record 5, Main entry term, English
- massive sulphide
1, record 5, English, massive%20sulphide
correct, see observation
Record 5, Abbreviations, English
Record 5, Synonyms, English
- massive sulfide 2, record 5, English, massive%20sulfide
correct
Record 5, Textual support, English
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A mass of rock consisting mainly of sulphide minerals, such as pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite and pyrite, the presence of which could indicate an ore body. 3, record 5, English, - massive%20sulphide
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT
... all subtypes of nickel sulphide ores usually consist mainly of the simple sulphide assemblage pyrrhotite-pentlandite-chalcopyrite, either as massive sulphides, sulphide-matrix breccias, or disseminations of sulphides. 4, record 5, English, - massive%20sulphide
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS
As opposed to "disseminated sulphide." 5, record 5, English, - massive%20sulphide
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 2 OBS
massive: Said of a mineral deposit (especially of sulfides) characterized by a great concentration of ore in one place ... 6, record 5, English, - massive%20sulphide
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 3 OBS
massive sulphide: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector. 5, record 5, English, - massive%20sulphide
Record 5, French
Record 5, Domaine(s)
- Minerais divers (Mines métalliques)
- Géochimie
Record 5, Main entry term, French
- sulfure massif
1, record 5, French, sulfure%20massif
correct, see observation, masculine noun
Record 5, Abbreviations, French
Record 5, Synonyms, French
Record 5, Textual support, French
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Grande concentration de minerais sulfurés à un seul endroit. 2, record 5, French, - sulfure%20massif
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Les sulfures sont soit massifs, soit disséminés. Les sulfures massifs forment des corps aplatis dans les failles. Ils peuvent s’échapper à plus de 500 mètres des corps ultrabasiques, et prendre un aspect bréchoïde. 3, record 5, French, - sulfure%20massif
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 2 CONT
[...] les minerais de tous les sous-types de gîtes de sulfures de nickel, qu’ils se présentent sous la forme de sulfures massifs, de brèches à matrice sulfurée ou de sulfures disséminés, se composent principalement de la simple association pyrrhotite-pentlandite-chalcopyrite. 4, record 5, French, - sulfure%20massif
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS
sulfure massif : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre. 5, record 5, French, - sulfure%20massif
Record 5, Spanish
Record 5, Textual support, Spanish
Record 6 - internal organization data 2006-05-12
Record 6, English
Record 6, Subject field(s)
- Metals Mining
Record 6, Main entry term, English
- breccia ore
1, record 6, English, breccia%20ore
correct
Record 6, Abbreviations, English
Record 6, Synonyms, English
- brecciated ore 2, record 6, English, brecciated%20ore
Record 6, Textual support, English
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Breccia ores are developed along fault zones and are composed of broken layered ore fragments less than a centimetre to several metres in size cemented by sandy material. 3, record 6, English, - breccia%20ore
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 2 CONT
The "copper" ores are of two types; one consists of disseminated veinlets of copper-rich sulphides that form a halo around the periphery of massive ore in both sedimentary and intrusive rocks; while the other comprises breccia ores with a copper sulphide matrix that occur in the foundered roofs of some intrusions ... 3, record 6, English, - breccia%20ore
Record 6, French
Record 6, Domaine(s)
- Mines métalliques
Record 6, Main entry term, French
- minerai bréchique
1, record 6, French, minerai%20br%C3%A9chique
correct, masculine noun
Record 6, Abbreviations, French
Record 6, Synonyms, French
- minerai bréchoïde 2, record 6, French, minerai%20br%C3%A9cho%C3%AFde
correct, masculine noun
- minerai bréchiforme 3, record 6, French, minerai%20br%C3%A9chiforme
masculine noun
Record 6, Textual support, French
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Les minéralisations filoniennes [...] suivent des failles et sont constituées essentiellement par du quartz et des sulfures. Le minerai est bréchique, rubané ou massif. 4, record 6, French, - minerai%20br%C3%A9chique
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 2 CONT
Dans les gîtes en pipes et en cheminées, le minerai est souvent bréchique. 4, record 6, French, - minerai%20br%C3%A9chique
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 3 CONT
La minéralisation «cuprifère» se présente de deux façons : filonnets de sulfures riches en cuivre à répartition dispersée formant un halo autour des amas de minerai massif, aussi bien dans les roches sédimentaires qu’intrusives, et minerais bréchiques où la minéralisation de cuivre se présente sous forme de sulfures dans la matrice de brèches formées par l’effondrement du toit de certaines intrusions [...] 5, record 6, French, - minerai%20br%C3%A9chique
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 OBS
bréchoïde : Qui ressemble à une brèche. 6, record 6, French, - minerai%20br%C3%A9chique
Record 6, Spanish
Record 6, Textual support, Spanish
Record 7 - internal organization data 2005-03-29
Record 7, English
Record 7, Subject field(s)
- Petrography
Record 7, Main entry term, English
- brecciated rock
1, record 7, English, brecciated%20rock
correct
Record 7, Abbreviations, English
Record 7, Synonyms, English
Record 7, Textual support, English
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Another controversial rock-type is the "Sudbury Breccia". This consists of zones ... of brecciated country rocks which are sometimes hosts for the orebodies. 2, record 7, English, - brecciated%20rock
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 2 CONT
The structural backbone of the deposit is the northeasterly trending Bear Bay Shear, a shear zone, 1.5 to 7.0 metres wide, filled with brecciated rock, clay, hematitic and chloritic material and metallic mineral assemblages. 3, record 7, English, - brecciated%20rock
Record 7, French
Record 7, Domaine(s)
- Pétrographie
Record 7, Main entry term, French
- roche bréchoïde
1, record 7, French, roche%20br%C3%A9cho%C3%AFde
correct, feminine noun
Record 7, Abbreviations, French
Record 7, Synonyms, French
- roche bréchique 2, record 7, French, roche%20br%C3%A9chique
feminine noun
Record 7, Textual support, French
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Le minerai d’aluminium est la bauxite, roche cohérente [...], granuleuse, pisolithique ou même bréchoïde à la suite de tassements. 1, record 7, French, - roche%20br%C3%A9cho%C3%AFde
Record 7, Spanish
Record 7, Textual support, Spanish
Record 8 - internal organization data 2004-07-12
Record 8, English
Record 8, Subject field(s)
- Various Metal Ores
- Economic Geology
Record 8, Main entry term, English
- breccia filling
1, record 8, English, breccia%20filling
correct
Record 8, Abbreviations, English
Record 8, Synonyms, English
- breccia-filling 2, record 8, English, breccia%2Dfilling
correct
Record 8, Textual support, English
Record 8, French
Record 8, Domaine(s)
- Minerais divers (Mines métalliques)
- Géologie économique
Record 8, Main entry term, French
- remplissage bréchiforme
1, record 8, French, remplissage%20br%C3%A9chiforme
correct, masculine noun
Record 8, Abbreviations, French
Record 8, Synonyms, French
- remplissage bréchoïde 2, record 8, French, remplissage%20br%C3%A9cho%C3%AFde
masculine noun
- remplissage de brèche 3, record 8, French, remplissage%20de%20br%C3%A8che
masculine noun
- matériau de remplissage de brèche 4, record 8, French, mat%C3%A9riau%20de%20remplissage%20de%20br%C3%A8che
masculine noun
- matériau de remplissage de brèches 4, record 8, French, mat%C3%A9riau%20de%20remplissage%20de%20br%C3%A8ches
masculine noun
Record 8, Textual support, French
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Quelquefois, s’est formée, entre les lèvres de la faille, une brèche, et le remplissage filonien est bréchiforme, c’est-à-dire englobe des fragments plus ou moins anguleux de la roche encaissante. 1, record 8, French, - remplissage%20br%C3%A9chiforme
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 2 CONT
Certaines zones de faille renferment une brèche composée de fragments angulaires de roches; les espaces libres [...] peuvent renfermer des dépôts minéraux et former un remplissage de brèche. Les cavités formées dans [...] les [...] roches solubles par l’infiltration des eaux de surface peuvent par la suite recevoir des dépôts minéraux qui forment des remplissages de cavité. 3, record 8, French, - remplissage%20br%C3%A9chiforme
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 OBS
remplissage bréchoïde : Source : minéralogie, vocabulaire établi par les Débats, novembre 1955. 2, record 8, French, - remplissage%20br%C3%A9chiforme
Record 8, Spanish
Record 8, Textual support, Spanish
Record 9 - internal organization data 2002-09-04
Record 9, English
Record 9, Subject field(s)
- Petrography
Record 9, Main entry term, English
- brecciated mylonitic structure
1, record 9, English, brecciated%20mylonitic%20structure
proposal
Record 9, Abbreviations, English
Record 9, Synonyms, English
- brecciated mylonitic texture 1, record 9, English, brecciated%20mylonitic%20texture
proposal
Record 9, Textual support, English
Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 OBS
See records "brecciated structure" and "mylonitic structure" in the same field. 1, record 9, English, - brecciated%20mylonitic%20structure
Record 9, French
Record 9, Domaine(s)
- Pétrographie
Record 9, Main entry term, French
- structure mylonitique bréchoïde
1, record 9, French, structure%20mylonitique%20br%C3%A9cho%C3%AFde
correct, feminine noun
Record 9, Abbreviations, French
Record 9, Synonyms, French
Record 9, Textual support, French
Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Une [...] structure cataclastique a l'aspect d’une brèche confuse, formée de petits nodules de roche peu écrasée, englobés de façon désordonnée dans une mésostase finement broyée. C'est la «structure mylonitique bréchoïde». 1, record 9, French, - structure%20mylonitique%20br%C3%A9cho%C3%AFde
Record 9, Spanish
Record 9, Textual support, Spanish
Record 10 - internal organization data 1978-04-18
Record 10, English
Record 10, Subject field(s)
- Geology
Record 10, Main entry term, English
- breccia marble
1, record 10, English, breccia%20marble
correct
Record 10, Abbreviations, English
Record 10, Synonyms, English
Record 10, Textual support, English
Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Any marble composed of angular fragments. The term was used before the separate use of "breccia" in geology. 1, record 10, English, - breccia%20marble
Record 10, French
Record 10, Domaine(s)
- Géologie
Record 10, Main entry term, French
- marbre bréchoïde
1, record 10, French, marbre%20br%C3%A9cho%C3%AFde
correct
Record 10, Abbreviations, French
Record 10, Synonyms, French
Record 10, Textual support, French
Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 OBS
(...) marbres (...) qui sont des calcaires bréchoïdes broyés par les pressions orogéniques (...) 1, record 10, French, - marbre%20br%C3%A9cho%C3%AFde
Record 10, Spanish
Record 10, Textual support, Spanish
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