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CONTACT METASOMATIC [1 record]

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Record 1 2001-06-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
  • Petrography
  • Geochemistry
DEF

Said of a rock or mineral that has originated through the process of contact metasomatism.

CONT

Iron-rich skarn deposits that provide significant resources of iron belong to two main subtypes: 1) those referred to as contact metasomatic or replacement deposits that developed along the margins of igneous intrusions in association with limestone, dolomite, argillaceous sediments and mafic rocks; and 2) skarns of stratiform type ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
  • Pétrographie
  • Géochimie
CONT

Phlogopite : [...] Mica fréquent des gîtes métasomatiques de contact avec la calcite [...]

OBS

Voir fiche «métasomatose de contact».

Spanish

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