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Record 1 2011-09-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

A plutonic igneous rock composed essentially of calcic plagioclase, augite, hypersthene, and olivine.

OBS

Hyperite is an obsolete name for gabbro containing hypersthene and augite ...

OBS

An olivine-bearing norite.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
DEF

Gabbro mésocrate à hypersthène, augite et olivine Labrador [...], hypersthène (13 %), augite (13 %), olivine (8 %), biotite, orthose, quartz, apatite, minéraux opaques [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Petrografía
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