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SCHISTE QUARTZ MICA [1 record]

Record 1 2008-07-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

A laminated metamorphic rock with roughly equal quartz and mica.

CONT

Metamorphic petrologists have traditionally coped with the variety and complexity of mineral content and structure, ... by using a series of compound hyphenated names (e.g. quartz-mica schist, lawsonite-glaucophane schist) in describing metamorphic rocks.

OBS

quartz-mica schist: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
CONT

Les gisements métamorphiques se forment par concentration et cristallisation de carbone durant le métamorphisme régional. Les roches encaissantes sont des schistes à quartz et mica, des paragneiss, des quartzites feldspathiques à mica et des marbres [...]

CONT

Le groupe d'Annidale, qui renferme la majorité des venues aurifères à l'intérieur de la ceinture, est constitué d'une séquence de roches volcanomafiques, de schistes noirs, de roches ultramafiques, de micaschiste à quartz, d'intrusions felsiques et de dômes rhyolitiques [...]

OBS

schiste à quartz et à mica : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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