Glossary entry

Portuguese term or phrase:

amigdaloidal

English translation:

amygdale zones

Added to glossary by Germano
Aug 15, 2005 02:59
18 yrs ago
Portuguese term

amigdaloidal

Portuguese to English Tech/Engineering Geology Dams - Water resources
zonas vesiculares e amigdaloidais no topo, densa no centro e amigdaloidais na base, individualizdas por brechas basálticas.
Proposed translations (English)
5 +1 amygdale zones
5 amygdaloidal

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amygdale zones

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 ...
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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
Peer comment(s):

agree Claudio Mazotti
7 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "obrigado."
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amygdaloidal

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/...
Peer comment(s):

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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