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DIABASIQUE [1 record]

Record 1 2004-10-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

Of or pertaining to dolerite.

OBS

Diabasic texture is sometimes referred to as ophitic texture but [the] two terms are not quite synonymous.

PHR

Doleritic texture.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
CONT

Une roche qui possède une texture doléritique est composée de nombreux cristaux en baguettes (plagioclases) appuyés les uns sur les autres et noyés dans une matrice constituée de cristaux plus petits ou de verre.

CONT

Dans certaines coulées [basaltiques] épaisses et certains dykes, la roche prend un aspect doléritique et il devient difficile de distinguer les phénocristaux des microlites.

PHR

Texture diabasique, doléritique.

Spanish

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