definition | Particle form may take any or no value. For use in normative descriptions. | |||||
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definition | Particle has some form, but it is not specified. | |||||||||
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definition | Bladed group in Sneed&Folk, (1958), S/L is less than 0.7 and (L-I)/(L-S) is between 0.33 and 0.66. | |||||||
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definition | S/L is between 0.3 and 0.5 and (L-I)/(L-S) is between 0.33 and 0.66 Sneed&Folk, (1958). |
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definition | S/L is between 0.5 and 0.7 and (L-I)/(L-S) is between 0.33 and 0.66 Sneed&Folk, (1958). |
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definition | Particles are compact in Sneed & Folk (1958), ratio of S/L is greater than 0.7. |
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definition | Particles are so elongate they are fibrous. |
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definition | Particles are in 'platy group' in Sneed&Folk, (1958), S/L is less than 0.7 and (L-I)/(L-S) is less than 0.33. | |||||||
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definition | Particles are 'just platy' in Sneed&Folk, (1958), S/L is between 0.3 and 0.5 and (L-I)/(L-S) is less than 0.33. |
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definition | Particle form is uncertain or not categorizable, generally obscured by overprinting deformation, metamorphism, or alteration, but reason is not specified. |