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Record 1 2013-08-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
DEF

An amphibole intermediate in composition between glaucophane and riebeckite.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
DEF

Minéral (amphibole bleue intermédiaire entre la riébeckite et la glaucophane) du système cristallin monoclinique.

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-06-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

Metamorphic rock that has undergone regional metamorphism at low temperatures and high pressures.

CONT

Blueschists contain abundant blue glaucophane, which is a blue amphibole. Blueschists are usually associated with destructive plate boundary environments.

OBS

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

Key term(s)
  • blue schist
  • blue-schist

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
CONT

Les [...] schistes bleus comportent, outre les mêmes minéraux [que les schistes verts], des amphiboles alcalines, glaucophane ou crossite.

CONT

District Alleghany (Californie). Ce district [...] appartient à la ceinture occidentale métamorphique de la Sierra Nevada, dans les faciès schistes verts et en partie dans les schistes bleus.

OBS

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

Spanish

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Record 3 2005-05-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
  • Asbestos Mining
DEF

Said of a mineral that is fibrous, i.e. that is like asbestos.

CONT

Chrysotile is by far the most important asbestos mineral, accounting for more than 95% of consumption. The balance is made up by asbestiform varieties of amphibole including riebeckite ..., cummingtonite ..., anthophyllite, tremolite, and actinolite.

CONT

... certain fibrous varieties of amphibole (especially amosite, anthophyllite, and crocidolite).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
  • Mines d'amiante
DEF

En parlant des minéraux, ayant une forme fibreuse, qui ressemble à l’asbeste.

CONT

asbeste : [...] appellation générale de variétés fibreuses d’amphiboles non alumineuses.

CONT

De nombreuses variétés fibreuses intermédiaires entre riébeckite et glaucophane(crocidolite, crossite, amosite, réjikite) comme d’ailleurs des variétés d’anthophyllite et de chrysotile peuvent être suffisamment importantes pour constituer des gîtes d’amiante ou d’asbeste.

CONT

Minéraux à faciès asbestiforme appartenant au groupe des amphiboles [...] : l’actinolite [...]; l’amosite [...]; l’anthophyllite [...]; la crocidolite [...]; la trémolite [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Mineralogía
  • Minas de amianto
DEF

Dícese de los minerales que, como el amianto, se hallan constituidos por fibras paralelas.

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