- quartz.
Greenschist is
defined by the
presence of the
minerals chlorite, epidote, or actinolite,
which give the rock its
green color.
Greenschists also have...
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subduction zone. The
resulting rocks are phyllites,
blueschists and
greenschists typical of an
accretionary wedge, with
increased metamorphism from northeast...
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common in low-grade
metamorphic rocks and in
altered igneous rocks.
Greenschist,
formed by
metamorphism of
basalt or
other low-silica
volcanic rock,...
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others roughly-hewn,
megalithic blocks. In north-central
Crete blue-
greenschist was used to pave
floors of
streets and
courtyards between 1650 and 1600 BC...
- mode or origin.
Special names still in wide use
include amphibolite,
greenschist, phyllite, marble, serpentinite, eclogite, migmatite, skarn, granulite...
- in
metamorphosed dolomitic limestones, and
actinolite in
metamorphic greenschists/glaucophane schists.
Jadeite is a sodium- and aluminium-rich pyroxene...
- seen: the
lower part is
sedimentary rock (brown); the
middle part is
greenschist from the
oceanic crust. The peak
itself is
gneiss from the
African continent...
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within orogenic belts as
terranes of
lithology in
faulted contact with
greenschist or
rarely eclogite facies rocks. Blueschist, as a rock type, is defined...
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green or greyish-green color. It
occurs frequently as a
constituent of
greenschists. The name (from Gr**** ἀκτίς, ἀκτῖνος/aktís, aktînos, a 'ray' and λίθος/líthos...
- in deep-seated
igneous rocks like
syenite as well as
serpentines and
greenschists.
Demantoid is one of the most
prized of
garnet varieties.
Grossular is...
