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remains solid.
Synonyms of the word
metasomatism are
metasomatosis and
metasomatic process. The word
metasomatose can be used as a name for
specific varieties...
- A calc–silicate rock is a rock
produced by
metasomatic alteration of
existing rocks in
which calcium silicate minerals, such as
diopside and wollastonite...
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foliation structures. The
dominant green epidote in
unakite rocks is the
metasomatic alteration product of
plagioclase feldspar,
while the
orthoclase and...
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temperature environments. The
hydrothermal fluids ****ociated with the
metasomatic processes can
originate from a
variety of sources; magmatic, metamorphic...
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formula AlPO4 or Al(PO4)) is a rare high-temperature
hydrothermal or
metasomatic phosphate mineral. It has the same
crystal structure as
quartz with a...
- The
Cornubian batholith is a
large m**** of
granite rock,
formed about 280
million years ago,
which lies
beneath much of
Cornwall and
Devon in the South...
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isolated pods, with no
obvious feeder conduit. As a result,
metamorphic or
metasomatic origins have
sometimes been
suggested for pegmatites. A
metamorphic pegmatite...
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deposit is an ****emblage of ore and calc-silicate minerals,
formed by
metasomatic replacement of
carbonate rocks in the
contact aureole of a pluton. Volcanogenic...
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Fenite is a
metasomatic alteration ****ociated
particularly with
carbonatite intrusions and created, very rarely, by
advanced carbon dioxide alteration...
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description of
rocks and minerals.
Uncommon igneous,
metamorphic and
metasomatic rocks in thin section, in
unpolarized light and
under crossed polarizers...
