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DIABLASTIQUE [3 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2012-05-24
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Petrography
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- diablastic
1, record 1, English, diablastic
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Pertaining to a texture in metamorphic rock that consists of intergrown and interpenetrating rod-shaped components. 1, record 1, English, - diablastic
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Pétrographie
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- diablastique
1, record 1, French, diablastique
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
S’applique à la structure des roches métamorphiques montrant des minéraux, le plus souvent allongés, qui s’enchevêtrent étroitement. 2, record 1, French, - diablastique
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 2003-01-15
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Petrography
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- diablastic structure
1, record 2, English, diablastic%20structure
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
- diablastic texture 2, record 2, English, diablastic%20texture
correct
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
... a texture in metamorphic rock that consists of intergrown and interpenetrating rod-shaped components. 2, record 2, English, - diablastic%20structure
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Pétrographie
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- structure diablastique
1, record 2, French, structure%20diablastique
correct, feminine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Structure des roches métamorphiques dans lesquelles les minéraux, de forme allongée, s’interpénètrent. 2, record 2, French, - structure%20diablastique
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
[Dans] la structure diablastique [...], les minéraux disposés en tous sens s’interpénètrent, à l'opposé de la structure entrecroisée où les minéraux bien qu'enchevêtrés ne se compénètrent pas [...] 3, record 2, French, - structure%20diablastique
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
Record 3 - internal organization data 1999-09-17
Record 3, English
Record 3, Subject field(s)
- Mineralogy
- Petrography
Record 3, Main entry term, English
- crystalloblastic texture
1, record 3, English, crystalloblastic%20texture
correct
Record 3, Abbreviations, English
Record 3, Synonyms, English
Record 3, Textual support, English
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF
... the texture produced by the simultaneous recrystallization of several minerals as a result of metamorphic processes. A characteristic feature of the texture thus produced is that any of the minerals involved may be found as inclusions in any of the other minerals. 1, record 3, English, - crystalloblastic%20texture
Record 3, French
Record 3, Domaine(s)
- Minéralogie
- Pétrographie
Record 3, Main entry term, French
- structure cristalloblastique
1, record 3, French, structure%20cristalloblastique
correct, feminine noun
Record 3, Abbreviations, French
Record 3, Synonyms, French
- texture cristalloblastique 2, record 3, French, texture%20cristalloblastique
correct, feminine noun
Record 3, Textual support, French
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF
[...] texture due au développement de minéraux dans un solide et qui est la texture normale des roches métamorphiques. 2, record 3, French, - structure%20cristalloblastique
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT
La structure des roches métamorphiques [...] est apparue au fur et à mesure de la métamorphisation et s’est superposée à la structure préexistante. En général de nouveaux cristaux se sont développés progressivement, d’où le nom de cristalloblastes (du grec blastein : bourgeonner) [...] Cette germination et cette croissance en milieu solide qui caractérise la structure cristalloblastique se rencontrent dans la plupart des roches métamorphiques. 1, record 3, French, - structure%20cristalloblastique
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Terme général qui regroupe les structures diablastique, granoblastique, lépidoblastique, nématoblastique et poeciloblastique. 3, record 3, French, - structure%20cristalloblastique
Record 3, Spanish
Record 3, Textual support, Spanish
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