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- Preferred Labelskos:prefLabel
nodule
- URI
- http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/particletype/nodule ↗Go to the persistent identifier link
- Within Vocab
- Particle Type
| Preferred Labelskos:prefLabel | nodule |
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| Definitionskos:definition | An irregularly rounded mass of a mineral or mineral aggregate normally having a warty or knobby surface and no internal sructure, usually with a contrasting composition from the enclosing sediment or rock matrix in which it is embedded, and that can be separated as a discrete mass from the host material. Igneous nodules should be classified as 'Igneous inclusions'. |
| Narrowernarrower |
syngenetic nodule
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| Broaderbroader |
aggregate non clastic particle
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| See AlsoseeAlso | Particle Type |
| Is Defined ByisDefinedBy | Particle Type |