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MARBRE SERPENTIN [1 record]

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Record 1 2016-02-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

Dark-green serpentinite, usually crisscrossed with white veinlets of calcite and magnesium carbonates.

CONT

Polished serpentinite is often named serpentine marble.

OBS

At times the rock is mottled with red due to unusual amounts of hematite (rosso di Levanto marble); well-known ornamental stone, often classed as marble in commerce.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
DEF

Roche porphyrique renfermant des cristaux verts de plagioclases sur un fond noir.

OBS

Cette roche [paléovolcanique] provient du Péloponnèse (Grèce) et a été utilisée par les Romains comme pierre d'ornement.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Petrografía
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