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Our studied samples were most likely affected by several metamorphic overprints, such as burial, regional and/orcontactmetamorphism.
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Sperrylite is formed bycontactmetamorphism, as in indicated by the development of triple point annealing contacts with pyrrhotite grains.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Lower pressure, normallycontactmetamorphismproduces albite-epidote hornfels while higher pressures at great depth produces eclogite.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Around the igneous rock that forms from the cooling magma is a metamorphosed zone called a "contactmetamorphismaureole".
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Vesuvianite occurs as tetragonal crystals in skarn deposits and limestones that have been subjected tocontactmetamorphism.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Contactmetamorphismis greater adjacent to the intrusion and dissipates with distance from the contact.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The driving force behind this process ofcontactmetamorphismwas an increase in temperature.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Contactmetamorphismis caused by the interaction of rock with heat and/or fluids from a nearby crystallizing silicate magma.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Contactmetamorphismadjacent to the granite converted the shale into hornfels consisting of biotite, cordierite and andalusite.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Roof pendants typically have been strongly metamorphosed through the processes ofcontactmetamorphism.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Lazurite is a product ofcontactmetamorphismof limestone and typically is associated with calcite, pyrite, diopside, humite, forsterite, hauyne and muscovite.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.On both contact surfaces of the country rock into which the sill has intruded, evidence of heating will be observed (contactmetamorphism).
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