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хлоритовый песок
English-Russian dictionary of geology. 2011.
English-Russian dictionary of geology. 2011.
Chloritic — Chlo*rit ic, a. [From 1st {Chlorite}.] Pertaining to, or containing, chlorite; as, chloritic sand. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sedimentary rock — Rock formed at or near the Earth s surface by the accumulation and lithification of fragments of preexisting rocks or by precipitation from solution at normal surface temperatures. Sedimentary rocks can be formed only where sediments are… … Universalium
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