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Record 1 2003-10-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Mineralogy
CONT

Cassard et al. (1981) classified the [podiform chromite] deposits into concordant, subconcordant, and discordant types according to their orientation with respect to the penetrative fabric of the enclosing peridotite.

CONT

All chromite of economic interest is believed to have crystallized from basic or ultrabasic magmas ... simultaneously with the enclosing silicates.

PHR

Enclosing rock.

PHR

Host rock.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Minéralogie
CONT

Cassard et al. (1981) ont subdivisé les gîtes podiformes en types concordant, subconcordant ou discordant selon l'orientation des amas minéralisés par rapport à l'orientation des fabriques pénétratives des péridotites encaissantes.

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