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Migmatite is a composite rock found in medium and high-grade metamorphic environments, commonly within Precambrian cratonic blocks. It consists of two or more constituents often layered repetitively: one layer is an older metamorphic rock that was reconstituted subsequently by partial melting ("paleosome"), while the alternate layer has a ...
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Migmatite is a gneiss consisting of two or more distinct rock types, one of which has the appearance of an ordinary gneiss (the mesosome), and another of which has the appearance of an intrusive rock such pegmatite, aplite, or granite (the leucosome). The rock may also contain a melanosome of mafic rock complementary to the leucosome. [11]
Peridotite xenoliths (green) in phonotephrite from Peridot Mesa, Arizona. Phonotephrite or phono-tephrite is a strongly alkaline volcanic rock with a composition between phonolite and tephrite. [1]
A sample of granulite-facies metamorphic rock of felsic composition, with garnet porphyroblasts. Granulites are a class of high-grade metamorphic rocks of the granulite facies that have experienced high-temperature and moderate-pressure metamorphism.
The Migmatite-Gneiss Complex covers half of Nigeria's surface area and encompasses Archean gray gneisses, with tonalite and granodiorite consistencies. Within this complex are occurrences of schist , migmatite , garnet , sillimanite , kyanite and staurolite , which together indicate high-grade metamorphism up to the level of amphibolite on the ...
Suevite from the Nördlinger Ries impact crater (type locality) Portal to the town hall's stairway made of suevite in Nördlingen, Germany. Suevite is a rock consisting partly of melted material, typically forming a breccia containing glass and crystal or lithic fragments, formed during an impact event.
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