Skarn
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skarn-248-9763259
title:
Skarn
text:
Skarns or tactites are coarse-grained metamorphic rocks that form by replacement of carbonate-bearing rocks during regional or contact metamorphism and metasomatism. Skarns may form by metamorphic recrystallization of impure carbonate protoliths, bimetasomatic reaction of different lithologies, and infiltration metasomatism by magmatic-hydrothermal fluids. Skarns tend to be rich in calcium-magnesium-iron-manganese-aluminium silicate minerals, which are also referred to as calc-silicate minerals.
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description:
Hard, coarse-grained, hydrothermally altered metamorphic rocks
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skarn
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date modified:
2023-11-07T17:05:49Z
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