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NORME CIPW [1 record]

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Record 1 2003-08-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Mineralogy
DEF

A norm in which the reported content of a mineral represents its weight percentage and in which the minerals are all anhydrous minerals of simplified composition.

OBS

CIPW stands for Cross, Iddings, Pirsson, and Washington, who first published the norm in 1902.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Minéralogie
DEF

Norme la plus utilisée sur la composition minéralogique théorique d'une roche magmatique, destinée à introduire des comparaisons entre faciès minéralogiques différents, calculée selon des règles strictes.

OBS

CIPW : initiales de Cross, Iddings, Pirsson et Washington, auteurs des règles de la norme CIPW.

Spanish

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