amigdaloidal

English translation: amygdale zones

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Portuguese term or phrase:amigdaloidal
English translation:amygdale zones
Entered by: Germano

02:59 Aug 15, 2005
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Portuguese term or phrase: amigdaloidal
zonas vesiculares e amigdaloidais no topo, densa no centro e amigdaloidais na base, individualizdas por brechas basálticas.
Germano
amygdale zones
Explanation:
amygdale (amygdule): a name for the cavities in lavas formed by the evolution of gas by the lava, causing frothing. They range in size from 1mm to 30cm in diameter.

The Penguin Dictionary of Geology


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amygdales up to 14 cm thick separated by amygdale-poor zones, pipe amygdales at
the base ... The emplacement of flood basalt lava flows is currently a topic ...
www.ingentaconnect.com/content/ geol/jgs/1998/00000155/00000004/art00005
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António Ribeiro
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5 +1amygdale zones
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amygdaloidal


Explanation:
São cristais com forma de amêndoa. Veja todos estes exemplos, bem no seu contexto:

Amygdaloidal texture The oval feature in this photomicrograph is ...
Amygdaloidal texture. The oval feature in this photomicrograph is an amygdule:
a formerly open vesicle which has ... amygdaloidal basalt. Locality. unknown.
www.geolab.unc.edu/Petunia/IgMetAtlas/volcanic-micro/amygdu...

Vesicular and Amygdaloidal Textures
Vesicular and Amygdaloidal Textures. Vesicles are fossil bubbles. So, a rock that looks like a piece of Swiss cheese is said to have a vesicular texture. ...
www.pitt.edu/~cejones/GeoImages/2IgneousRocks/IgneousTextur...

vesicles & amygdules
Lunar basalts are not amygdaloidal because the Moon is so dry that there are no fluids (and, ... This is meteorwrong number 016, an amygdaloidal basalt. ...
http://epsc.wustl.edu/admin/resources/meteorites/meteorwrong...

Amygdaloidal
The amygdaloidal crystal habit refers to minerals that are almond-shaped. This sample of heulandite shows this shape well.
www.museums.udel.edu/mineral/mineral_site/education/habits/...


rhandler
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  António Ribeiro: Amygdale - NÃO são cristais mas sim cavidades, que podem, ou não, ter cristais formados posteriormente.///Sinceramente, não creio que seja essa a tradução.
39 mins
  -> Está bem, que não sejam cristais e sim cavidades. Mas a tradução é esta: amygdaloidal

agree  Henrique Magalhaes
11 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Henrique.
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58 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
amygdale zones


Explanation:
amygdale (amygdule): a name for the cavities in lavas formed by the evolution of gas by the lava, causing frothing. They range in size from 1mm to 30cm in diameter.

The Penguin Dictionary of Geology


[PDF] Emplacement of Hebridean Tertiary flood basalts: evidence from an ...
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat
amygdales up to 14 cm thick separated by amygdale-poor zones, pipe amygdales at
the base ... The emplacement of flood basalt lava flows is currently a topic ...
www.ingentaconnect.com/content/ geol/jgs/1998/00000155/00000004/art00005

António Ribeiro
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obrigado.

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agree  Claudio Mazotti
7 hrs
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