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HYPERSOLVUS [3 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2013-07-30
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Petrography
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- subsolvus granite
1, record 1, English, subsolvus%20granite
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
An igneous rock of granitic composition characterized by the presence of two types of alkali feldspar: a potassium-rich type displaying perthitic ... texture; and a sodium-rich type displaying antiperthitic texture. 2, record 1, English, - subsolvus%20granite
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Pétrographie
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- granite subsolvus
1, record 1, French, granite%20subsolvus
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Les granites habituels sont des granites «subsolvus», dont le feldspath potassique et le plagioclase ont cristallisé séparément au-dessous de la température du solvus orthose-albite. Leur cristallisation s’est donc poursuivie à température plus basse que dans le cas [des granites hypersolvus]. 2, record 1, French, - granite%20subsolvus
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 2013-01-28
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Petrography
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- hypersolvus
1, record 2, English, hypersolvus
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Granites that crystallize under low pressure and exhibit a single perthitic alkali feldspar are considered hypersolvus granites. 2, record 2, English, - hypersolvus
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Pétrographie
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- hypersolvus
1, record 2, French, hypersolvus
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Le premier cas se rencontre en particulier dans les «granites hypersolvus», c'est-à-dire cristallisés à température supérieure à celle du dédoublement de la solution solide [...], cette solution étant effective au-dessus de 650° à 700° suivant la pression. 2, record 2, French, - hypersolvus
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
Record 3 - internal organization data 2004-05-05
Record 3, English
Record 3, Subject field(s)
- Petrography
Record 3, Main entry term, English
- hypersolvus granite
1, record 3, English, hypersolvus%20granite
correct
Record 3, Abbreviations, English
Record 3, Synonyms, English
Record 3, Textual support, English
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF
[A] granite ... that [is] characterized by the absence of plagioclase except as a component of perthite ... 2, record 3, English, - hypersolvus%20granite
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Early hypersolvus granites at Strange Lake contain sodium-rich minerals such as narsarsukite, aenigmatite, astrophyllite, sodic amphibole and pyroxene, elpidite, leifite, and vlasovite ... 3, record 3, English, - hypersolvus%20granite
Record 3, French
Record 3, Domaine(s)
- Pétrographie
Record 3, Main entry term, French
- granite hypersolvus
1, record 3, French, granite%20hypersolvus
correct, masculine noun
Record 3, Abbreviations, French
Record 3, Synonyms, French
Record 3, Textual support, French
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Les «granites hypersolvus» sont des granites alcalins ayant cristallisé à une température supérieure à celle de l'exsolution des cristaux mixtes orthose-albite. En fin de refroidissement l'exsolution se produit et donne des microperthites qui constituent le seul feldspath de la roche. [...] De tels granites appartiennent souvent à des complexes annulaires subvolcaniques. On y trouve des amphiboles sodiques et le quartz est volontiers subidiomorphe. 2, record 3, French, - granite%20hypersolvus
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 2 CONT
Les granites hypersolvus précoces du complexe de Strange Lake contiennent des minéraux riches en sodium tels que la narsarsukite, l'aenigmatite, l'astrophyllite, les amphiboles et pyroxènes sodiques, l'elpidite, la leifite et la vlasovite [...] 3, record 3, French, - granite%20hypersolvus
Record 3, Spanish
Record 3, Textual support, Spanish
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