Common occurrences of rock-forming garnets
- Common occurrences of rock-forming garnets
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Common occurrences of rock-forming garnets
almandine metamorphic rocks—especially mica schists, amphibolites, and granulites; granites, aplites, and granitic pegmatites
spessartine granitic pegmatites; silica-rich skarns; metamorphosed manganese-bearing rocks
grossular impure calcite and dolomite marbles, especially those in contact metamorphic zones; amphibolites; basic igneous rocks
andradite large masses associated with tactites, some of which constitute ore deposits, in calcareous rocks of contact metasomatic origin
pyrope ultramafic rocks such as pyroxenites and peridotites and serpentinites derived from them; eclogites (high-pressure metamorphic rocks)
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igneous rock — Any of various crystalline or glassy, noncrystalline rocks formed by the cooling and solidification of molten earth material (magma). Igneous rocks comprise one of the three principal classes of rocks, the others being metamorphic and sedimentary … Universalium
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mica — micalike, adj. /muy keuh/, n. any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic… … Universalium
