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Record 1 2007-01-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

Magmatic rock consisting predominantly of three major rock-forming minerals - olivine (forsterite), magnetite, and apatite.

OBS

Variations in the relative proportions of the three essential mineral components result in a variety of rock types in the phorcorite series, including: forsteritite (rock composed almost entirely of forsterite olivine), magnetitite (rock composed almost entirely of magnetite), nelsonite (magnetite-apatite (oxide-phosphate) rock), and apatitite (rock composed almost entirely of apatite.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
DEF

Roche magmatique consistant surtout en trois minéraux majeurs - olivine (forstérite), magnétite et apatite.

OBS

Les proportions relatives variables de chacun des trois minéraux essentiels donnent divers types de roches de la série des phoscorites, notamment : forstéritite (roche composée presque exclusivement d'olivine [forstérite]), magnétitite (roche composée presque exclusivement de magnétite), nelsonite (roche à magnétite-apatite [oxyde-phosphate]) et apatitite (roche composée presque exclusivement d'apatite).

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