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Calc-silicate rock

A rock classification type
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Californite

Road to Bádenas, Loscos, Teruel, Aragon, Spain
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Calc-silicate hornfels

Rejchartice, Šumperk District, Olomouc Region, Czech Republic
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Californite

Brem stream, Munilkan river basin, Tas-Khayakhtakh Range, Dogdo River Basin, Polar Yakutia, Sakha, Russia
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Californite

Road to Bádenas, Loscos, Teruel, Aragon, Spain
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Calc-silicate hornfels

Rejchartice, Šumperk District, Olomouc Region, Czech Republic
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Californite

Brem stream, Munilkan river basin, Tas-Khayakhtakh Range, Dogdo River Basin, Polar Yakutia, Sakha, Russia
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Californite

Road to Bádenas, Loscos, Teruel, Aragon, Spain
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Calc-silicate hornfels

Rejchartice, Šumperk District, Olomouc Region, Czech Republic
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About Calc-silicate rockHide

Also written "calcsilicate rock."
A metamorphic rock mainly composed of calc-silicate minerals, such as diopside, grossular-andradite, clinozoisite-epidote and wollastonite, and containing less than 5% vol. of carbonate minerals (usually dolomite or calcite). Formed by metamorphism of impure limestone or dolostone; related to skarns.

See also calc-skarn.



Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:
49070
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:1:49070:4

Classification of Calc-silicate rockHide

Sub-divisions of Calc-silicate rockHide

Mineralogy of Calc-silicate rockHide

Essential minerals - these are minerals that are required within the classification of this rock:
Calc-silicate mineralsA petrological term for calcium-rich silicate minerals (often simply termed "calcsilicates" in the modern ...

Pronunciation of Calc-silicate rockHide

Pronunciation:
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Jolyon RalphUnited Kingdom

Synonyms of Calc-silicate rockHide

Common AssociatesHide

Associations Based on Photo Data:
33 photos of Calc-silicate rock associated with LindströmiteCu3Pb3Bi7S15
31 photos of Calc-silicate rock associated with HammariteCu2Pb2Bi4S9
11 photos of Calc-silicate rock associated with Native BismuthBi
7 photos of Calc-silicate rock associated with ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
5 photos of Calc-silicate rock associated with MolybdeniteMoS2

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