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SMARAGDITE [1 record]

Record 1 2005-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
DEF

A fibrous or thinly foliated green amphibole (near actinolite) pseudomorphous after pyroxene (such as omphacite) in rocks such as eclogite.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
DEF

Variété lamellaire ou écailleuse d'«actinote» de couleur vert émeraude, que l'on trouve dans les roches schisto-cristallines de la chaîne alpine.

OBS

Elle peut dériver de l'altération du «diallage».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Mineralogía
DEF

Variedad de dialaga de color verde esmeralda.

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