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GLAUCOPHANE [1 record]

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Record 1 2005-07-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
DEF

A blue, bluish-black, or grayish-blue monoclinic mineral of the amphibole group ... It is a fibrous or prismatic mineral that occurs only in certain crystalline schists resulting from regional metamorphism of sodium-rich igneous rocks (such as spilites).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
CONT

Les glaucophanes sont en faciès allongés [...] mais on connaît bien les faciès fibreux. Sa teinte est d'un bleu-lavande magnifique, sa poussière gris bleuté. [...] d = 6 [...] Le glaucophane est un minéral de roche ayant subi une action métamorphique à tendance sodique, spécialement chez les ortho-gneiss [...] C'est un minéral assez fréquent.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Mineralogía
DEF

Silicato de aluminio, magnesio y sodio [...] que cristaliza en el sistema monoclínico y pertenece al grupo de los anfíboles; es un mineral fibroso de color azul.

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