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DOLERITE [9 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2015-02-13
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Economic Geology
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- boxwork
1, record 1, English, boxwork
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
In mineral deposits, a network of intersecting blades or plates of limonite or other iron oxide, deposited in cavities and along fracture planes from which sulfides have been dissolved by processes associated with the oxidation and leaching of sulfide ores, esp. porphyry copper deposits. 2, record 1, English, - boxwork
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Géologie économique
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- boxwork
1, record 1, French, boxwork
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- texture cellulaire 2, record 1, French, texture%20cellulaire
correct, feminine noun
- fantôme 2, record 1, French, fant%C3%B4me
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Parfois les oxydes des métaux utiles ont complètement disparu et le chapeau de fer ne contient plus que des boxworks dont la forme permet de déterminer la nature du sulfure pré-existant [...] 3, record 1, French, - boxwork
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 CONT
[...] dans de nombreux gisements localisés à l’intérieur des roches silicifiées ou des quartz, l’altération peut [...] se traduire par la dissolution totale des minerais originels et la formation de boxworks. 3, record 1, French, - boxwork
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 3 CONT
En zone d’oxydation la pechblende s’entoure d’un halo de produits d’oxydation [...] où sont fréquemment visibles des fantômes ou «boxworks» de pechblende concrétionnée. 2, record 1, French, - boxwork
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 4 CONT
[...] les fantômes des plagioclases originels remplacés par de la lawsonite, prouvent que la roche originelle était une dolérite ou un gabbro. 2, record 1, French, - boxwork
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 5 CONT
[...] on reconnaît des fantômes de magnétite titanifère et d’ilménite, pseudomorphosés par du rutile ou de la pyrite. 2, record 1, French, - boxwork
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
À la place du sulfures dissous se forme une «trame» plus ou moins régulière, dont les «cellules» sont constituées de silice à grain fin mélangée à de la limonite; les parois de ces cellules sont tapissées de limonite [...] La trame est plus ou moins régulière. À cet égard on peut distinguer deux types de textures; Les textures cellulaires ou «boxworks» [...] et les textures spongieuses. «Dans les boxworks» les formes des cellules sont relativement régulières, habituellement anguleuses et leurs dimensions varient peu. 2, record 1, French, - boxwork
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 2013-05-28
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Petrography
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- crinanite
1, record 2, English, crinanite
correct, obsolete
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
An analcite olivine dolerite. 1, record 2, English, - crinanite
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Pétrographie
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- crinanite
1, record 2, French, crinanite
correct, feminine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
[...] dolérite à analcime. 1, record 2, French, - crinanite
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
Record 3 - internal organization data 2012-01-30
Record 3, English
Record 3, Subject field(s)
- Geology
Record 3, Main entry term, English
- ophite
1, record 3, English, ophite
correct
Record 3, Abbreviations, English
Record 3, Synonyms, English
Record 3, Textual support, English
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Diabase characterized by an ophitic texture, i.e. thin plagioclase crystals partially or completely included in anhedral pyroxene. 1, record 3, English, - ophite
Record 3, French
Record 3, Domaine(s)
- Géologie
Record 3, Main entry term, French
- ophite
1, record 3, French, ophite
correct, feminine noun
Record 3, Abbreviations, French
Record 3, Synonyms, French
Record 3, Textual support, French
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Dolérite à texture ophitique(de petits feldspaths sont isolés au sein de grands pyroxènes souvent ouralitisés). 1, record 3, French, - ophite
Record 3, Spanish
Record 3, Textual support, Spanish
Record 4 - internal organization data 2011-05-06
Record 4, English
Record 4, Subject field(s)
- Petrography
Record 4, Main entry term, English
- diabase
1, record 4, English, diabase
correct
Record 4, Abbreviations, English
Record 4, Synonyms, English
- dolerite 2, record 4, English, dolerite
correct, Great Britain
Record 4, Textual support, English
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF
... an intrusive rock whose main components are labradorite and pyroxene and which is characterized by ophitic texture ... 2, record 4, English, - diabase
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS
dolerite: In British usage, the preferred term for what is called diabase in the U.S. 2, record 4, English, - diabase
Record 4, French
Record 4, Domaine(s)
- Pétrographie
Record 4, Main entry term, French
- diabase
1, record 4, French, diabase
correct, feminine noun
Record 4, Abbreviations, French
Record 4, Synonyms, French
- dolérite 2, record 4, French, dol%C3%A9rite
correct, feminine noun
Record 4, Textual support, French
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Roche intrusive à grains fins de composition basaltique. 3, record 4, French, - diabase
Record 4, Spanish
Record 4, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Petrografía
Record 4, Main entry term, Spanish
- diabasa
1, record 4, Spanish, diabasa
correct, feminine noun
Record 4, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 4, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 4, Textual support, Spanish
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Roca endógena, de color verde, compuesta por minerales que no son perceptibles a simple vista; pertenece a la familia del gabro y de la dorita y, las más de las veces, se encuentra alterada. 1, record 4, Spanish, - diabasa
Record 5 - internal organization data 2011-05-05
Record 5, English
Record 5, Subject field(s)
- Petrography
Record 5, Main entry term, English
- anamesite
1, record 5, English, anamesite
correct
Record 5, Abbreviations, English
Record 5, Synonyms, English
Record 5, Textual support, English
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A fine-grained basaltic rock intermediate in texture between fine-grained basalt and coarse-grained dolerite. 2, record 5, English, - anamesite
Record 5, French
Record 5, Domaine(s)
- Pétrographie
Record 5, Main entry term, French
- anamésite
1, record 5, French, anam%C3%A9site
correct, feminine noun
Record 5, Abbreviations, French
Record 5, Synonyms, French
Record 5, Textual support, French
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Dolérite à minéraux de moins de 7 mm. 2, record 5, French, - anam%C3%A9site
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 2 DEF
Basalte finement cristallisé qui, du point de vue de sa structure, se situe entre les basaltes typiques et les dolérites. 3, record 5, French, - anam%C3%A9site
Record 5, Spanish
Record 5, Textual support, Spanish
Record 6 - internal organization data 2003-10-01
Record 6, English
Record 6, Subject field(s)
- Petrography
Record 6, Main entry term, English
- Ti-augite dolerite
1, record 6, English, Ti%2Daugite%20dolerite
correct
Record 6, Abbreviations, English
Record 6, Synonyms, English
Record 6, French
Record 6, Domaine(s)
- Pétrographie
Record 6, Main entry term, French
- dolérite à augite titanifère
1, record 6, French, dol%C3%A9rite%20%C3%A0%20augite%20titanif%C3%A8re
correct, feminine noun
Record 6, Abbreviations, French
Record 6, Synonyms, French
Record 6, Textual support, French
Record 6, Spanish
Record 6, Textual support, Spanish
Record 7 - internal organization data 1999-10-01
Record 7, English
Record 7, Subject field(s)
- Petrography
Record 7, Main entry term, English
- blastophitic
1, record 7, English, blastophitic
correct, adjective
Record 7, Abbreviations, English
Record 7, Synonyms, English
Record 7, Textual support, English
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Said of a relict texture in a metamorphic rock in which traces of an original ophitic texture remain. 1, record 7, English, - blastophitic
Record 7, French
Record 7, Domaine(s)
- Pétrographie
Record 7, Main entry term, French
- blastophitique
1, record 7, French, blastophitique
proposal, adjective
Record 7, Abbreviations, French
Record 7, Synonyms, French
Record 7, Textual support, French
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Étymologie : préfixe blasto-, qui signifie germe, bourgeon et suffixe-ophitique, de ophite :dolérite à grands cristaux poecilitiques de pyroxènes(référence : Grand dictionnaire encyclopédique Larousse, 1982). 1, record 7, French, - blastophitique
Record 7, Spanish
Record 7, Textual support, Spanish
Record 8 - internal organization data 1999-09-14
Record 8, English
Record 8, Subject field(s)
- Mineralogy
Record 8, Main entry term, English
- ophitic texture
1, record 8, English, ophitic%20texture
correct
Record 8, Abbreviations, English
Record 8, Synonyms, English
- doleritic texture 2, record 8, English, doleritic%20texture
correct, see observation, Europe
- basiophitic texture 2, record 8, English, basiophitic%20texture
avoid
- granitotrachytic texture 2, record 8, English, granitotrachytic%20texture
avoid
- gabbroid texture 2, record 8, English, gabbroid%20texture
avoid
Record 8, Textual support, English
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 DEF
... the texture of an igneous rock, especially diabase, in which lath-shaped plagioclase crystals are included in pyroxene crystals, typically augite. 3, record 8, English, - ophitic%20texture
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 OBS
doleritic: A preferred synonym of ophitic in European usage. 2, record 8, English, - ophitic%20texture
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 2 OBS
basiophitic; granitotrachytic; gabbroid: nonpreferred synonyms [of ophitic]. 2, record 8, English, - ophitic%20texture
Record 8, French
Record 8, Domaine(s)
- Minéralogie
Record 8, Main entry term, French
- texture ophitique
1, record 8, French, texture%20ophitique
correct, feminine noun
Record 8, Abbreviations, French
Record 8, Synonyms, French
- structure ophitique 2, record 8, French, structure%20ophitique
correct, feminine noun
- structure doléritique 3, record 8, French, structure%20dol%C3%A9ritique
correct, feminine noun
Record 8, Textual support, French
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 DEF
[...] texture d’une dolérite à grands cristaux poecilitiques de pyroxènes. 4, record 8, French, - texture%20ophitique
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 CONT
La plupart des roches ayant la texture ophitique (grands cristaux de feldspaths formant une sorte de charpente) appartiennent à la famille du gabbro. 2, record 8, French, - texture%20ophitique
Record 8, Spanish
Record 8, Textual support, Spanish
Record 9 - internal organization data 1978-07-28
Record 9, English
Record 9, Subject field(s)
- Geology
Record 9, Main entry term, English
- veined dolerite 1, record 9, English, veined%20dolerite
Record 9, Abbreviations, English
Record 9, Synonyms, English
Record 9, Textual support, English
Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 CONT
... samples were analysed [among which] veined dolerites which cut through the Franceville basin and the base ... 1, record 9, English, - veined%20dolerite
Record 9, French
Record 9, Domaine(s)
- Géologie
Record 9, Main entry term, French
- dolérite filonienne
1, record 9, French, dol%C3%A9rite%20filonienne
correct
Record 9, Abbreviations, French
Record 9, Synonyms, French
Record 9, Textual support, French
Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Les échantillons analysés sont des dolérites filoniennes qui recoupent le Francevillien et le socle (...) 1, record 9, French, - dol%C3%A9rite%20filonienne
Record 9, Spanish
Record 9, Textual support, Spanish
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