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CHARBON CUTINITE [2 records]

Record 1 2012-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Solid Fossil Fuels
  • Petrography
DEF

[A] type of coal [which] consists of more than 50% of cuticle, the fragments of which occur embedded in gelito-collinite, fusinito-collinite and collinite of fusinitic nature.

OBS

In addition to cuticle, spores, resin bodies and fragments of finely fusinized and gelified tissue are present.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Combustibles fossiles solides
  • Pétrographie
DEF

Charbon constitué surtout de cuticules et, accessoirement, de spores, de corpuscules résineux, de petits lambeaux de tissus fusinités et gélifiés.

CONT

D’après le constituant végétal le plus abondant, on distingue : 1) les charbons de cutine; 2) les charbons ligno-cellulosiques. Le premier groupe donne des charbons gras et flambants, le deuxième des charbons à forge et à coke.

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Classification of Coal
DEF

[Designates] the following group of macerals - sporinite, cutinite, alginite, resinite.

OBS

liptinite: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Classification des charbons
DEF

Groupe de macéraux du charbon comprenant la sporinite, la cutinite, l'alginite, la résinite et la liptodétrinite.

OBS

liptinite : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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