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SILEX NECTIQUE [1 record]

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Record 1 1996-01-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
DEF

[...] variété caverneuse et friable d'opale ménilite.

CONT

Les silex nectiques ont une structure poreuse qui leur permet de flotter sur l'eau [...]

CONT

Les silex nectiques, poreux, très légers, se sont formés en milieu gypseux.

CONT

Tous les silex nectiques actuellement connus sont subordonnés aux "marnes" bartoniennes des environs de Paris. [...] Ils se présentent sous forme de rognons globuleux, mamelonnés ou non, et parfois très irréguliers, atteignant le volume d'une noix, d'une orange, et, par exception, celui de la tête.

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