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QUARTZ-SERICITE SCHIST [1 record]

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Record 1 2006-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
OBS

Typically schists contain significantly lower levels of quartz than gneisses and many other rocks, but quartz-sericite schist is a variety of the rock that contains a greater amount of the mineral than normal. As its name implies, this type of schist also contains significant amounts of sericite, which is a fine-grained type of either muscovite or paragonite, both of which are relatively abundant silicate minerals. ... one of the best known examples of quartz-sericite schist occurs in Canada, where it is a source of economically important gold deposits.

PHR

Pyritic quartz-sericite schist.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
PHR

Schiste à quartz-séricite pyriteux.

Spanish

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