Essential minerals
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Description
Those minerals existing in a rock that are used for its classification in main petrographic families or classes; see quartz, feldspar alkali feldspar, plagioclase, feldspathoid.
Synonyms and Related Terms
main minerals; minerais essenciais (Port.)
Authority
- Submitted information, Submitted information Comment: Jos Delgado Rodrigues, LNEC, 2009.