parent magma

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• parent — parent, ente [ parɑ̃, ɑ̃t ] n. et adj. • Xe; lat. parens, entis A ♦ Plur. LES PARENTS. 1 ♦ Le père et la mère. ⇒ procréateur; plaisant géniteur (cf. pop. Les vieux). La relation parents enfants. Parents indignes, dénaturés …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• Magma parent — ● Magma parent magma dont l évolution a fourni une grande variété de roches voisines …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• igneous rock — Any of various crystalline or glassy, noncrystalline rocks formed by the cooling and solidification of molten earth material (magma). Igneous rocks comprise one of the three principal classes of rocks, the others being metamorphic and sedimentary …   Universalium

• mineral deposit — Introduction       aggregate of a mineral in an unusually high concentration.       About half of the known chemical elements (chemical element) possess some metallic (metal) properties. The term metal, however, is reserved for those chemical… …   Universalium

• volcano — /vol kay noh/, n., pl. volcanoes, volcanos. 1. a vent in the earth s crust through which lava, steam, ashes, etc., are expelled, either continuously or at irregular intervals. 2. a mountain or hill, usually having a cuplike crater at the summit,… …   Universalium

• Igneous rock — Geologic provinces of the world (USGS)   Shield …   Wikipedia

• parenté — [ parɑ̃te ] n. f. • 1155 n. m.; parentet « famille, lignage » 1050; lat. pop. °parentatus, de parens I ♦ 1 ♦ Rapport entre personnes descendant les unes des autres (⇒ ascendance, descendance, filiation, origine), ou d un ancêtre commun (⇒… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• Christopher I. Chalokwu — Christopher Iloba Chalokwu (born December 30, 1952) is a United States citizen born in Nigeria. An academic with entrepreneurial vision, Professor Chalokwu has an abiding interest in education reform and the educational achievement of under… …   Wikipedia

• Gabbro — (pronEng|ˈɡæbrəʊ) is a dark, coarse grained, intrusive igneous rock chemically equivalent to basalt. It is a plutonic rock, formed when molten magma is trapped beneath the Earth s surface and cools into a crystalline mass. The vast majority of… …   Wikipedia

• Moon rock — Olivine basalt collected by Apollo 15. Moon rock describes rock that formed on the Earth s moon. The term is also loosely applied to other lunar materials collected during the course of human exploration of the Moon. The rocks collect …   Wikipedia

• Charnockite — Late stage charnockite dykes cutting anorthosite, Rogaland, Norway Charnockite (   …   Wikipedia