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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The process by which the chemical composition of a rock is changed by interaction with fluids; replacement of one mineral by another without melting.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
metasomatosis . - noun chemical change occurring in a body of ore or in a rock-mass at a considerable depth in the earth's crust: distinguished from
weathering , which occurs at or near the surface.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Geol.) An alteration in a mineral or rock mass when involving a chemical change of the substance, as of chrysolite to serpentine; -- opposed to ordinary
metamorphism , as implying simply a recrystallization.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun geology the process by which the bulk
chemical composition of arock is changed by theintroduction ofcomponents from anexternal source, especially by ahydrothermal fluid
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Rebirth has been addressed in different ways such as reincarnation, metempsychosis, transmigration, reem bodiment, metasomatism, and even as polingenesis and resurrection.
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The evidence suggests that this might be an IOCG type deposit but also has potential for an iron skarn deposit linked to contact metasomatism.
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The evidence suggests that this might be an IOCG type deposit but also has potential for an iron skarn deposit linked to contact metasomatism.
unknown title 2009
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The evidence suggests that this might be an IOCG type deposit but also has potential for an iron skarn deposit linked to contact metasomatism.
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