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OOLITIQUE [8 records]

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Record 1 2011-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Iron and Manganese Mining
OBS

... many sedimentary iron ores are oolitic; ooliths have been reported consisting of most of the minerals mentioned above and sometimes with two or more of them in alternating layers.

Key term(s)
  • oolithic iron ore

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mines de fer et de manganèse
DEF

Minerai de fer se présentant sous la forme de couches d'oolites ferrugineuses.

CONT

Gîtes d'origine chimico-biologique.- À ce type appartiennent les combustibles minéraux (houille, pétrole), les minerais de fer oolithique et les gisements de phosphates sédimentaires [...] Le minerai de fer de Lorraine, en particulier, se présente sous forme d'oolithes ferrugineuses associées à de la calcite [...]

CONT

Les minerais de fer oolithiques sont parmi les plus largement représentés à des époques et dans des régions du globe différentes [...]

OBS

Au XVIIIe siècle, «minette» désignait le minerai pauvre et phosphoreux, par opposition à «mine», minerai riche et non phosphoreux.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-05-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Geology
DEF

Calcarenitic limestone composed of abundant calcite ooliths.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Géologie
DEF

Grès renfermant une quantité appréciable d'oolithes.

Spanish

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Record 3 2008-07-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
DEF

Pertaining to an oolite, or to a rock or mineral made up of ooliths; ...

CONT

Oolithic limestone is made from rounded grains called ooliths.

OBS

ool: ... abbreviation ... used in drilling reports.

OBS

oolitic: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
DEF

Qui contient des oolithes.

OBS

oolitique; oolithique : termes en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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Record 4 2008-07-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

A rock consisting of small round grains that resemble the roe of fish, are cemented, and consist of small concretions which usually are of calcium carbonate forming a variety of limestone but sometimes are of silica or iron oolite.

CONT

Oolitic limestone is a carbonate rock made up mostly of ooliths (or ooids) which are sand-sized carbonate particles that have concentric rings of CaCO3.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
OBS

oolithe : Corps sphérique d'environ 1 mm, fait d'enveloppes minérales concentriques [...] par extension, on appelle «oolithe» le calcaire à oolithes.

Spanish

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Record 5 2006-08-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Iron and Manganese Mining
OBS

Oolitic: pertaining to an oolite, or to a rock or mineral made up of ooliths; e.g. oolitic ore, such as oolitic phosphorite and oolitic ironstone (in which iron oxide or iron carbonate has replaced the calcium carbonate of an oolitic limestone).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Mines de fer et de manganèse
OBS

[fer] intercalé dans des séries marines. Les oolites sont des globules de 1 à 2 mm environ, bruns ou ocres, réunis par un ciment naturel brun ou verdâtre. Elles sont faites soit de sidérose [...] soit d'oxydes de fer. Les fossiles associés indiquent qu'elles se sont formées sur le fond de la mer.

Spanish

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Record 6 2006-04-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie

Spanish

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Record 7 2006-03-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Iron and Manganese Mining

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mines de fer et de manganèse

Spanish

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Record 8 1977-01-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Geology
  • Metals Mining
OBS

Jurassic ironstone of the Briey Basin and Lorraine, France.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génie chimique
  • Géologie
  • Mines métalliques
OBS

Minerai de fer, en Lorraine [formé d'oolites de fer.]

Spanish

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