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- Greenschists are metamorphic rocks that formed under the lowest temperatures and pressures usually produced by regional metamorphism, typically 300–450 °C...
- mode or origin. Special names still in wide use include amphibolite, greenschist, phyllite, marble, serpentinite, eclogite, migmatite, skarn, granulite...
- + quartz In metapelites: muscovite + chlorite + albite + quartz The greenschist facies is at low pressure and temperature. The facies is named for the...
- a common product of retrograde metamorphism of metabasalt at (upper) greenschist facies conditions. Often, this will take on the crystal form and habit...
- common in low-grade metamorphic rocks and in altered igneous rocks. Greenschist, formed by metamorphism of basalt or other low-silica volcanic rock,...
- Slickensides on a fault plane in Corona Heights Park, San Francisco Greenschist with slickensides in Itogon, Benguet, Philippines. Tjia, H. D. (1964)...
- Homestake Formation, has been deformed and metamorphosed, resulting in upper greenschist facies of siderite-phyllite, and lower amphibolite facies of grunerite...
- within orogenic belts as terranes of lithology in faulted contact with greenschist or rarely eclogite facies rocks. Blueschist, as a rock type, is defined...
- 26 people camping in the area. Blueschist – Type of metavolcanic rock Greenschist – Metamorphic rock List of rock textures – List of rock textural and...
- component of chromium rich phyllitic or schistose metamorphic rocks of the greenschist facies. Verdite is a type of metamorphic rock made mostly of an impure...