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Epidosite - LoveToKnow 1911 (261 words) |
 | EPIDOSITE, in petrology, a typical member of a family of metamorphic rocks composed mainly of epidote and quartz. |
| The epidosites derived from limestones may contain a great variety of minerals such as calcite, augite, garnet, scapolite, andc., but their source may usually be inferred from !their close association with calc-silicate rocks in the field. |
| The third group of epidosites may form bands, veins, or irregular streaks and nodules in masses of epidiorite and hornblende-schist. |
| Epidosite - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (124 words) |
| Epidosite is a highly altered epidote and quartz bearing rock. |
| It is the result of extreme hydrothermal fluid alteration of basalt that occurs below the fl smokers within mid-oceanic ridge spreading centers. |
| Epidosites represent the zone of intense metal leaching below and lateral to the fl smoker environment which is the result of convection of ocean water through the fractured basalts of the ridge flanks. |
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