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Record 1 2005-07-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

The lightweight porous opaline variety of silica, white or nearly white, deposited as an incrustation by precipitation from the waters of geysers and hot springs.

OBS

The term [sinter] is indefinite and should be modified by the proper compositional adjective, although when used alone it usually signifies "siliceous" sinter.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
DEF

Roche déposée autour de l'évent d'un geyser, souvent peu cohérente et stalactiforme, composée surtout de silice hydratée (opale) et d'un peu d'alumine.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Petrografía
DEF

Concreción silícea de color blanco grisáceo, porosa y mamelonada, en forma de eflorescencias que se parecen a las de la coliflor; se produce al pie de los géiseres con los minerales precipitados por sus aguas termales.

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