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Meta-igneous rock

A rock classification type
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Orthogneiss, etc.

Tynkä, Kalajoki, North Ostrobothnia, Finland
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Serpentinite

Bargonasco stream, Casarza Ligure, Genoa, Liguria, Italy
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Serpentinite, etc.

Stichtite Hill, Dundas mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
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Orthogneiss, etc.

Tynkä, Kalajoki, North Ostrobothnia, Finland
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Serpentinite

Bargonasco stream, Casarza Ligure, Genoa, Liguria, Italy
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Serpentinite, etc.

Stichtite Hill, Dundas mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
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Orthogneiss, etc.

Tynkä, Kalajoki, North Ostrobothnia, Finland
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Serpentinite

Bargonasco stream, Casarza Ligure, Genoa, Liguria, Italy
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About Meta-igneous rockHide

A class of metamorphic rocks where the original rock (protolith) was igneous.


Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:
48677
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:1:48677:4

Classification of Meta-igneous rockHide

Sub-divisions of Meta-igneous rockHide

Age distributionHide

Chemical AnalysisHide

Oxide wt%:
 1
SiO270.26 %
Al2O313.64 %
TiO20.32 %
Fe2O34.90 %
MgO1.13 %
CaO4.90 %
Na2O3.85 %
K2O0.07 %
MnO0.05 %
P2O50.13 %
Total:99.25 %
Sample references:
IDLocalityReferenceNotes
1Lyngen, Troms og Finnmark, Norway
Oliver, Grahame J. H., Krogh, Thomas. E. (1995) U-Pb zircon age of 469 5 Ma for a metatonalite from the Kjosen Unit of the Lyngen Magmatic Complex northern Norway. Norges Geologiske Undersøkelse Bulletin 428 p.27-32.
A metatonalite in the Kjosen Unit MORB ophiolite. NO41 was used for age determination, KJ104 for XRF quantitative chemical analysis.

Internet Links for Meta-igneous rockHide

References for Meta-igneous rockHide

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