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BRAVAISITE [1 record]

Record 1 2011-09-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
DEF

A former name for a micaceous clay later shown to be a mixture of montmorillonite and illite.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
CONT

[...] il a été démontré que la bravaisite, qui semblait avoir une antériorité sur l'illite, était un interstratifié illite-montmorillonite.

CONT

La bravaisite, comme la glauconie, s'est formée par l'action de l'eau de mer sur les dépôts terrigènes.

Spanish

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